Gojo [city] - Gojo

Japanese: 五条[市] - ごじょう

A city in the mid-west of Nara Prefecture. It borders Wakayama Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture to the west. In 1957, Gojo-cho, Nohara-cho, and the six villages of Oada, Minamiada, Uchi, Kitauchi, Makino, and Sakaibe were merged to form a city. In 1984, Minamiuchi Village was incorporated to make the entire former Uchi District part of the city. Population: 35,734 (1995). The Kongo Mountains are to the north and the Yoshino Mountains to the south. The Yoshino River (Kinokawa River) flows west through the center, with four to five river terraces on both banks. The old Gojo-cho, which sits on these terraces, has long been a strategic location with transportation routes connecting it in all directions, and developed as a road town.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良県中西部の市。西は和歌山県，大阪府と接する。1957年五条町，野原町と大阿太（おおあだ），南阿太，宇智，北宇智，牧野，阪合部の6村が合体，市制。59年には南宇智村を編入して旧宇智郡全域を市域とした。人口3万5734(1995)。北部は金剛山地，南部は吉野山地で，その中央部を吉野川(紀ノ川)が西流し，両岸には4～5段にわたる河岸段丘が見られる。この段丘上に載る旧五条町は古くから四方に交通路が通じる要衝の地で，街道町として発達した。

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