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I'm reading this
[article](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10011570501000/k10011570501000.html)
about a peace ceremony held in Nagasaki.

There is a sentence that uses a **と** , but I do not understand the meaning
entirely. I believe the **と** is being used as an "and" but I don't know why
or how. I have only seen **と** used as an "and" when its is between two nouns
like

> 猫と犬
>
> Cat and dog

If I am correct is it because the **と** is between two relative clauses?

> Sentence: 去年からの１年に亡くなった人 **と** 亡くなっていたことがわかった人は３５１１人です。
>
> My Translation: Since last year, people that have died in the year and
> people who understood the event that were dying are 3511.
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grammar particle-と
Use of と in 亡くなった人と亡くなっていたことがわかった人
Here the と is between two **noun phrases**. (The noun phrases are 亡くなった人 and
亡くなっていたことがわかった人.) Noun phrases can behave exactly like nouns, so in 猫と犬 you
can replace the nouns 猫 and 犬 by more complicated noun phrases.

Indeed, both noun phrases consist of a noun (in both cases 人) modified by a
sentence ending in a verb and this structure is often translated using a
relative clause in English.

You only asked about the grammar of と, but let me also remark that your
translation is too literal. For

> 亡くなった人は5人です。

I think it would be more natural to say

> Five people died.

rather than

> People who died are five (persons).
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