Azumi [village] - Azumi

Japanese: 安曇[村] - あずみ

A village in Minamiazumi District, central-western Nagano Prefecture. The local mnemonic is "Azumi." Population 2,893 (1995). Located west of Matsumoto City, in the middle and upper reaches of the Azusa River. Located in the Hida Mountains, most of the village area is covered by forests and wilderness, and more than half of it is designated as Chubu Sangaku National Park. The villages are scattered along the Azusa River and the Norikura Plateau, and are connected by National Route 158 and other routes. During the Edo period, the islands and other villages made their living from lumbering and charcoal production in the Matsumoto Domain's forests, but after the Taisho period, power plants were built in various places in the village, and the number of people working at the plants increased.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長野県中西部，南安曇郡の村。現地標音では〈あづみ〉。人口2893(1995)。松本市の西方，梓川の中･上流域に位置する。飛驒山脈中の村で，村域のほとんどを山林･原野が占め，また半分以上が中部山岳国立公園に指定されている。集落は梓川沿いと乗鞍高原に点在し，国道158号線などにより結ばれる。島々をはじめとする集落は，江戸時代には松本藩の藩有林における杣業，製炭業を生業としていたが，大正期以降，村内各所に発電所が建設され，発電所従事者が増えた。

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