North [village] - Kita

Japanese: 北[村] - きた
North [village] - Kita
A village in Sorachi County, Sorachi Subprefecture, central Hokkaido. Population 4,131 (1995). Located in the center of the Ishikari Plain, on the east bank of the Ishikari River, bordering Iwamizawa City to the south. In 1894, Kitamura Yuji, a native of Yamanashi Prefecture, was leased 500 hectares of land here, established a tenant farm, and began full-scale development. The village's name comes from the name of this farm. The area is prone to flooding, and suffered particularly severe floods in 1898 and 1932. The area of ​​paddy fields increased dramatically with the Hokkai Doko Association project in 1928 and the national irrigation project after World War II, and the area developed into a rice-growing farming village.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
北海道中央部,空知支庁空知郡の村。人口4131(1995)。石狩平野の中央部,石狩川東岸に位置し,南は岩見沢市に接する。1894年山梨県人北村雄治がこの地に500haの土地の貸付けを受けて小作農場を開き,本格的開拓を進めた。村名はこの農場名に由来する。洪水常襲地で,とくに1898年,1932年には大水害を受けた。1928年の北海土功組合事業と第2次大戦後の国営灌漑事業によって水田面積が飛躍的に増加し,稲作農村として発展した。

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