Rokugo [village] - country

Japanese: 六合[村] - くに

A village in Agatsuma County, in the northwest of Gunma Prefecture. Population 2,109 (1995). It borders Nagano and Niigata prefectures to the north. It occupies the mountainous area of the Sukawa River basin, which flows into the Agatsuma River, and 90% of the total area is forest and land. It is a very isolated mountain village, and there is a legend that remnants of Kiso Yoshinaka's troops settled in Iriyama. Gunma Iron Mine operated in Motoyama from 1944 to 1965, and a railway was built between Naganohara and Taishi to transport iron ore, but it was closed in 1971. It has been designated a depopulated area, and the population continues to decline.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

群馬県北西端，吾妻（あがつま）郡の村。人口2109(1995)。北は長野･新潟両県と接する。吾妻川に注ぐ須川流域の山地を占め，総面積の90％が林野である。隔絶性が強い山村で，入山には木曾義仲の残党が住みついたという落人伝説が伝わる。元山には1944‐65年の間，群馬鉄山が操業し，長野原～太子間には鉄鉱石運搬用に鉄道が敷設されていたが，71年に廃された。過疎地域に指定されており，現在も人口減少が続いている。

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