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Minamata




As of 2003 , the city has an estimated Population of 30,080 and the Density of 184.69 persons per Km² . The total area is 162.87 km².

The city is best known as the former site of an environmental disaster caused by industrial pollution of the bay with mercury; see Minamata Disease .


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