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 Makinohara's location in Shizuoka, Japan. |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu |
| Prefecture | Shizuoka |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Area | 111.41 km2 (43.02 sq mi) |
| Population (as of October 2006) | |
| Total | 50,265 |
| Density | 451.17 /km² (1,169 /sq mi) |
| Location | |
| Symbols | |
| Tree | camellia sinensis |
| Flower | hydrangea |
| Makinohara Government Office | |
| Mayor | Shigeki Nishihara |
| Address | 447 Shizunami, Makinohara-shi, Shizuoka-ken 421-0495 |
| Phone number | 548-23-0001 |
| Official website: City of Makinohara | |
Makinohara (牧之原市 Makinohara-shi?) is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan.
The city was founded by the merger of Sagara and Haibara on October 11, 2005.
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Geography
Surrounding municipalities
Oil field
The city of Makinohara is the site of the Pacific coast of Japan's only oil field. Hand-pumping from the Sagara Oil Field began in 1873, and the following year, Nippon Oil opened the first mechanical pumping operation in the country at Sagara. Operations ceased in 1980, and the field is now Yuden no Sato Park, operated by Shizuoka Prefecture[1][2].
External links
- (Japanese) Makinohara official website
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| Cities | |||
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| Atami | Fuji | Fujieda | Fujinomiya | Fukuroi | Gotemba | Hamamatsu | Itō | Iwata | Izu | Izunokuni | Kakegawa | Kikugawa | Kosai | Makinohara | Mishima | Numazu | Omaezaki | Shimada | Shimoda | Shizuoka (capital) | Susono | Yaizu | |||
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| Fuji | Haibara | Hamana | Ihara | Kamo | Shida | Shūchi | Suntō | Tagata | |||
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