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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 994 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SADO  , an See also:

island belonging to See also:Japan, lying 32 M . W. of See also:Niigata, on 38° N., 1380 30' E . It has a circumference of 130 m., an See also:area of 336 sq. m. and a See also:population of 113,000 . The See also:port is Ebisa, on the See also:east See also:coast; and at a distance of 16i m., near the See also:west coast, is the See also:town of Aikawa, having in its vicinity See also:gold and See also:silver mines, for which Sado is famous . They have been worked from very See also:early times . Sado consists of two parallel See also:hill ranges separated by a See also:lower See also:isthmus; the loftiest See also:peak is that of Kimpokuzan (3815 ft.), to the See also:north of Aikawa .

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