Awa [village] - Aba

Japanese: 阿波[村] - あば

A village in Tomata County, at the northern tip of Okayama Prefecture. Population 711 (1995). Located in the headwaters of the Kamo River, a tributary of the Yoshii River, most of the village area is mountainous, part of the Chugoku Mountains. Mount Daigasen, on the border with Kamo Town, is a semi-plain with a gentle plateau at an altitude of about 900m. Forestry is the main industry, with a large amount of cedar wood produced, and a main forest road runs through the national forest area on the prefectural border with Tottori. The Kamo Valley from Kamo Town to this village was an agriculturally poor area, and in the late modern period, peasant uprisings occurred frequently, and the area was also called "Kyoso Valley."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

岡山県北端，苫田（とまた）郡の村。人口711(1995)。吉井川支流の加茂川源流域に位置し，村域の大部分は中国山地脊梁部の山地が占める。加茂町境にある大ヶ山（だいがせん）は準平原で，標高900m前後のなだらかな高原状を呈する。林業を基幹産業とし，杉材の産が多く，鳥取との県境の国有林地帯に基幹林道が通ずる。加茂町から本村にかけての加茂谷は農耕不振の地で，近世末期には百姓一揆が頻発し，〈強訴谷〉とも呼ばれた。

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