Makinohara, Shizuoka
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Makinohara (牧之原市; Makinohara-shi; Makinohara City) is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan.
The city was founded by the merger of Sagara town and Haibara town on October 11, 2005.
As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 51,043 and a density of 458.15 persons per km². The total area is 111.41 km².
[edit] 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].
[edit] External links
- Makinohara official website (Japanese)
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