Katahigashi [village] - Katahigashi

Japanese: 潟東[村] - かたひがし

A village in Nishikanbara County, central Niigata Prefecture. Population 6,271 (1995). Located in the alluvial plain on the west bank of the Nakanokuchi River, a branch of the Shinano River, in the central Echigo Plain, the settlement is built on a natural levee. In 1959, Ohara Village and Yotsugo Village, located east of the former Yoroigata Lagoon, were merged to form Katahigashi Village. Until the early modern period, this was a marshland called Gofuin-no, and it is a newly developed village developed after the Horeki era (1751-64). The area was frequently hit by floods, but in 1818 (Bunsei 1), a new river was excavated to drain Yoroigata Lagoon, and the repairs were completed in 1912.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

新潟県中央部，西蒲原郡の村。人口6271(1995)。越後平野中央部，信濃川派川の中ノ口川西岸の沖積地にあり自然堤防上に集落がある。1959年に旧鎧潟（よろいがた）の東に位置する大原村と四ッ合村が合体し，潟東村となる。近世までは御封印野と呼ばれた湿地で，宝暦年間(1751‐64)以降開発された新田村である。洪水の常襲地域であったが，1818年(文政1)鎧潟の排水のために新川が開削され，1912年には改修が完成した。

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