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Ube

City in Yamaguchi prefecture, southwest of Honshu island, Japan; population (1995 est) 175,100. The city is situated on the coast, near Shimonoseki, and near the Ube coalfields, which closed in 1967. Ube is an important centre of the chemical and heavy industries, and its products include soda, sulphuric acid, cement, metals, machinery, cotton textiles, magnesium, and fertilizers. Much of the industry is located on reclaimed land.

Ube is served by a modern harbour through which local industrial products are exported.



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Cash crops: Oil palm, rubber, cocoa, kola nut, cassava, rice, cowpea, plantain, banana, pineapple, citrus, etc Food crops: Cassava, rice, maize, yam, cocoa yam, water yam, melon; and vegetables--pumpkin, bitter leaf, waterleaf, okra, pepper and afang.
In addition to shaking, rattling, and rolling these things, Marclay also taps, claps, scrapes, unfolds, and drops the objects of his analysis, which include a hot plate; an alarm clock; various plastic toys; and George Brecht's Water Yam, 1963-65, a plastic box of ninety-eight printed cards detailing various actions and instructions.
 
 
 
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