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Sado Island
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Sado Island (佐渡ヶ島 Sadogashima) is an island off the coast of Niigata in the Chubu region of Japan. The whole island forms a municipality, Sado City. The historical gold mines of the island became a cultural UNESCO World
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Island off the coast of Niigata, Japan You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese.  (February 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:佐渡島]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|佐渡島}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. Sado IslandNative name: 佐渡島Topographic map of Sado IslandInteractive map of Sado IslandGeographyLocationJapanese archipelagoCoordinates38°04′03″N 138°23′51″E / 38.06750°N 138.39750°E / 38.06750; 138.39750Area854.76 km2 (330.02 sq mi)Highest elevation1,172 m (3845 ft)Highest pointMount Kinpoku [ja]AdministrationSado, Niigata, Japan Sado Island (佐渡島, Sado(ga)shima; Japanese pronunciation: [sa.do.ɡaꜜ.ɕi.ma, -do.ŋaꜜ-]) is an island located in the eastern part of the Sea of Japan, under the jurisdiction of Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, with a coastline of 262.7 kilometres (163.2 mi). In October 2017, Sado Island had a population of 55,212 people. Sado Island covers an area of 854.76 km2 (330.02 sq mi), and is the sixth largest island in Japan, excluding the disputed Southern Kurils. The shortest distance between Sado Island and Honshu is 32 km (20 mi). The highest peak on Sado Island is Mount Kinpoku, with an elevation of 1,172 m (3,845 ft).