Kyogase [village] - Kyogase

Japanese: 京ヶ瀬[村] - きょうがせ

A village in Kitakanbara County, central Niigata Prefecture. Population 8,083 (1995). It is located on alluvial plain on the east bank of the downstream Agano River, and the settlement has developed in an arc shape on the natural levee of the Agano River. More than 90% of the cultivated land is paddy fields, and the village is centered on rice cultivation, but since it is 20 km from Niigata City on National Route 49, vegetable cultivation has also become popular in recent years, and the village is taking on the character of a suburban farming village. In 1964, an oil field was discovered in Kurose, and an oil plant was built by Teikoku Oil, but production of both crude oil and natural gas has been declining.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

新潟県中部，北蒲原郡の村。人口8083(1995)。阿賀野川下流東岸の沖積地にあり，阿賀野川の自然堤防上に弧状に集落が発達している。耕地の9割以上は水田からなる米作中心の村であるが，新潟市まで国道49号線で20kmの距離にあることから，近年野菜栽培も盛んとなり，近郊農村の性格を強めている。1964年黒瀬地内に油田が発見され，帝国石油の石油プラントが建設されたが，原油，天然ガスとも生産量は低下している。

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