Kanose, Niigata
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). was a town in the Higashikanbara District, Niigata, Japan. In 2003, 2,753 people lived in the town. The total area was 257.69 km². The population density was 10.68 persons per km². In April 2005, Kanose joined three neighboring villages and the four villages became the town of Aga. In 1964, a chemical factory in the village released methyl mercury into the Agano River and caused the Niigata Minamata disease.
Coordinates: 37°41′N 139°29′E / 37.683°N 139.483°E
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