Itoga Village

...A city located at the mouth of the Arida River in the west of Wakayama Prefecture. In 1954, the town of Minoshima and the three villages of Yasuda, Miyahara, and Itoga were merged to form the town of Arita, and in 1956, it was incorporated as a city. In 1962, Hatsushima was incorporated. The population is 34,283 (1995). The town is centered around Minoshima and Kitaminato, which were the shipping ports at the mouth of the river. In the Middle Ages, it was the home base of the Yuasa clan, which had influence in Arida County, and the remains of Myoe, a descendant of the clan, remain. Since the early modern period, mandarin oranges have been cultivated in the mountainous areas to the north and south of the Arida River basin. Encouraged by the feudal domain, they flourished and were shipped to Edo as Arita mandarins, and Minoshima and Kitaminato prospered as shipping ports. ...

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…和歌山県西部，有田川河口にある市。1954年箕島町と保田，宮原，糸我の3村が合体して有田町と改称，56年市制。62年初島町を編入。人口3万4283(1995)。河口の積出港であった箕島，北湊が中心。中世には有田郡に勢力を張った湯浅党の本拠地であり，一族から出た明恵の遺跡が残っている。近世以来，有田川流域の南北の山地にミカンが栽培された。藩の奨励で盛んとなり有田ミカンとして江戸へも出荷され，その積出港として箕島，北湊は栄えてきた。…

※「糸我村」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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