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Handa
Japan
Handa, city, southwestern Aichi ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It lies about 15 miles (24 km) south of Nagoya on the western side of the Chita Peninsula, facing Chita Bay of the Pacific Ocean.
Handa served as an important commercial port during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867), when the local production of processed foods and cotton began. An irrigation system in the hills behind the city was opened in 1962. Vegetables, fruit, and flowers are raised in the vicinity for the market in Nagoya, to which Handa is connected by two rail lines. The city’s industries include brewing, food processing, and the manufacture of cotton goods by using cotton cultivated in the hinterland. Pop. (2005) 115,845; (2010) 118,828.
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