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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 291 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FUKUI  , a

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town of
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Japan in the
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province of Echizen, Nippon, near the
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west
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coast, 20 M . N. by E. of Wakasa
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Bay . It lies in a volcanic
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district much exposed to earthquakes, and suffered severely during the disturbances of 1891-1892, when a chasm over 40 M.
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long was opened across the Neo valley from Fukui to Katabira . But Fukui subsequently revived, and is now in a flourishing
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condition, with several
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local
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industries, especially the manufacture of
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paper, and an increasing
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population exceeding 50,000 . Fukui has railway communication . There are ruins of a
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castle of the Daimios of Echizen .

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