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SAPPORO

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 203 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAPPORO  , the

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official
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capital of the
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island of
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Yezo,
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Japan, situated in 43° 4' N. and 141° 21' E . Pop . 39,000 . It was chosen in 1870, and owed its prosperity at the outset chiefly to the public institutions established by the
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Japanese
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government in connexion with the colonization
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bureau, which had for its
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object the development of the resources of Yezo . It is now a
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garrison
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town and has an agricultural
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college, a museum, saw-
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mills,
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flour-mills, breweries, and
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hemp and
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flax factories .

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