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Uchinada Town
Ishikawa Prefecture · Town
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Uchinada Town lies north of Kanazawa City, between the Sea of Japan and Kahokugata Lagoon, and most of the town is the Uchinada Sand Dunes. After World War II it was the scene of the Uchinada Struggle over a US military firing range. The sunset over the Sea of Japan can be seen from the coast, and the town has the roadside station Michi-no-Eki Uchinada Sunset Park.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Ishikawa Prefecture
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