Ally [Village] - Ajikata

Japanese: 味方[村] - あじかた

A village in Nishikanbara County, central Niigata Prefecture. Population 5,031 (1995). Located in the middle of the Echigo Plain, on the west bank of the Nakanokuchi River, a branch of the Shinano River. Made of alluvial land, the village has developed on a natural levee. The central area, Amihachi, is a key transportation hub along the Nakanokuchi River, along with Shirane City on the opposite bank, and Shirane Station on the Niigata Kotsu Line, which leads to Niigata City, is also located within the village. The low marshes in the west were rezoned after World War II as the first prefectural farmland development project, and were converted into dry rice fields through underdrainage. Located in a typical single-crop rice paddy area, the average cultivated land area per household is the largest in the prefecture, making the area a pioneer in large-scale mechanized agriculture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

新潟県中部，西蒲原郡の村。人口5031(1995)。越後平野中部，信濃川派川の中ノ口川西岸に位置する。沖積地からなり，自然堤防上に集落が発達している。中心の味方は対岸の白根市と並ぶ中ノ口川沿いの交通の要衝で，新潟市へ通じる新潟交通線の白根駅も村内にある。西部の低湿地は第2次世界大戦後，県営圃場整備の第1号として区画整理され，暗渠排水によって乾田化された。典型的な水田単作地帯にあり，1戸平均耕地面積は県下一で，大型機械化農業の先進地域となっている。

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