What is Ojiya, Niigata?
[[Image:Flag of Ojiya Niigata.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Emblem of Ojiya, Niigata.svg|thumb|90px|Seal]] '''Ojiya''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 小千谷（おぢや）市;-shi) is a [[city]] in [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]], [[Japan]]. As of [[July 16]], [[2003]], 40,342 people lived in the city. Ojiya's total [[area]] is {{convert|155.12|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|lk=on|2}}. The [[Mayor|Lord Mayor]] of Ojiya is [[Yasuo Yatsui]] An [[earthquake]] of [[Richter magnitude scale|magnitude]] 7.2 struck Ojiya on October 23, 2004 at 17:56 local time. The earthquake killed 51 people. 4,795 people were [[injury|injured]]. 16,910 [[building]]s and [[house]]s were [[wikt:destroy|destroyed]]. The amount of [[wikt:damage|damage]] was 3,000,000,000 [[Yen]] ([[USD|$]]32.5M US). == Economy == Ojiya has many types of [[industry|industries]]. [[Electronics]] [[company|companies]] [[Sanyo|Sanyo electric]], and [[Panasonic]] are located in the city. It also has [[textile]] companies. The main [[agriculture|agricultural crop]] in the city is [[rice]]. Ojiya is the largest [[mining|miner]] of [[natural gas]] in Japan. == Events == There are several [[festival|festivals]] each year in Ojiya. *Events Ojiya festival ([[August 24]] and [[August 25|25]]) *Katakai festival ([[September 9]] and [[September 10|10]]) - (The Katakai festival is known to set off the biggest [[fireworks]] display in the world) *[[Balloon]] festival ([[February 25]] and [[February 28|26]]) {{Japan-stub}} [[Category:Cities in Niigata Prefecture]]