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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 291 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FUKUI , a See also:

town of See also:Japan in the See also:province of Echizen, Nippon, near the See also:west See also:coast, 20 M. N. by E. of Wakasa See also:Bay. It lies in a volcanic See also:district much exposed to earthquakes, and suffered severely during the disturbances of 1891-1892, when a chasm over 40 M. See also:long was opened across the Neo valley from Fukui to Katabira. But Fukui subsequently revived, and is now in a flourishing See also:condition, with several See also:local See also:industries, especially the manufacture of See also:paper, and an increasing See also:population exceeding 50,000. Fukui has railway communication. There are ruins of a See also:castle of the Daimios of Echizen.

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