Oishi Village

Japanese: 大石村 - おおいしむら
Oishi Village

...A city in the southern part of Saitama Prefecture. In 1955, the three towns of Ageo, Haraichi, and Hirakata and the three villages of Otani, Oishi, and Kamitaira were merged, and the city was established in 1958. The population is 206,090 (1995). It is located in the center of the Omiya Plateau, and the Arakawa River flows on the western border and the Ayase River on the eastern border. Ageo, the central town, developed from a post town on the Nakasendo road, Haraichi in the east as a market town, and Hirakata in the west as a riverside settlement on the Arakawa river. The surrounding rural areas were known for producing barley and sweet potatoes, but are now shifting to suburban agriculture, mainly vegetable and fruit cultivation and livestock farming. The Takasaki Line and National Route 17 run through the city, and it is 40 km from the center of Tokyo. Since there is a lot of flat land, the city has good transportation access, and since the 1960s, industrial parks have been established in Hiratsuka, Boyama, and Ryoke, attracting factories for automobiles, non-ferrous metals, food, and other products, making it one of the leading industrial cities in the prefecture.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Oishi Village" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…埼玉県南部の市。1955年上尾,原市,平方の3町と大谷,大石,上平の3村が合体,58年市制。人口20万6090(1995)。大宮台地の中央部にあり,西境を荒川,東境を綾瀬川が流れる。中心街の上尾は中山道の宿場町,東部の原市は市場町,西部の平方は荒川の河岸集落から発展した。周辺の農村部は大麦とサツマイモの産地として知られたが,現在は野菜や果樹づくりと畜産を中心とした近郊農業に変わってきている。高崎線と国道17号線が通じ,東京の都心へ40kmと交通の便が良く,平たん地も多いため,1960年代以後,平塚,坊山,領家の工業団地ができ,自動車,非鉄金属,食料品などの工場が誘致され,県内有数の工業都市となった。…

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