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SAPPORO , the See also:official See also:capital of the See also:island of See also:Yezo, See also: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 See also:Japanese See also:government in connexion with the colonization See also:bureau, which had for its See also:object the development of the resources of Yezo . It is now a See also:garrison See also:town and has an agricultural See also:college, a museum, saw-See also:mills, See also:flour-mills, breweries, and See also:hemp and See also:flax factories . |
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