Ebetsu

Ebetsu (ābā'tsOO) [key], city (1990 pop. 97,201), Hokkaido prefecture, central Hokkaido, Japan. It is an industrial suburb of Sapporo and the site of a huge electric power company. Its industries include food processing and paper manufacturing.

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