Kitayama [village] - Kitayama

Japanese: 北山[村] - きたやま

A village in Higashimuro District, on the eastern edge of Wakayama Prefecture. Population 593 (1995). Located on the north bank of Kitayama River, upstream of Kumano River, it is an exclave sandwiched between Mie and Nara Prefectures. Most of the village area is forest, with five settlements scattered along the Kitayama River, centered around Onuma. It has long been a producer of Kumano cedar, and all timber was transported by raft down the Kitayama River, so it has a strong connection with Shingu at the mouth of the Kumano River. When Muro District was divided into Wakayama Prefecture and Watarai Prefecture (now Mie Prefecture) in 1871 (Meiji 4), it was incorporated into Wakayama Prefecture as an exclave.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

和歌山県東端，東牟婁（ひがしむろ）郡の村。人口593(1995)。熊野川上流の北山川北岸に位置し，三重･奈良両県にはさまれた飛地である。村域の大部分が山林で，北山川に沿って大沼を中心とする5集落が点在する。古くから熊野杉の産地で，木材の搬出はすべて北山川をいかだ流ししていたため，熊野川河口の新宮とのつながりが深く，1871年(明治4)牟婁郡が和歌山県と度会（わたらい）県(現，三重県)に分かれた時に飛地のまま和歌山県に編入された。

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