Iida [city] - Iida

Japanese: 飯田[市] - いいだ

The city occupies the southern part of the Ina Basin (Ina Valley) and the surrounding mountain areas, the Toyama River and its tributaries in the southern part of Nagano Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1937. In 1993, it incorporated Kamisato Town, which is located to the north. The city is located on a terrace on the right bank of the Tenryu River that flows through the basin. It developed as a castle town for the Hori clan and other clans, and as a post town on the Sanshu Kaido road, and was called Little Kyoto. Until the great fire of 1947, the city's grid-like streetscape was well preserved. After reconstruction, the city was lined with apple trees planted along the firebreak, and its orderly streetscape is considered a model for urban planning. It is served by the Iida Line and the Chuo Expressway, and in recent years the electrical equipment and precision equipment industries have flourished. In addition to lumber and silk-reeling, mizuhiki and frozen tofu are specialty products. The surrounding mountain areas, including the former Kamigo Town, are mainly agricultural and forestry-based, and produce a lot of pears, persimmons, and apples. There is the Tenryu Gorge. In October 2005, Kamimura and Minamishinanomura in Shimoina County were incorporated. Area: 658.66 ^km2 . Population: 105,335 (2010).
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Japanese:

長野県南部，伊那盆地（伊那谷）南部と周辺山地，遠山川とその支流一帯を占める市。1937年市制。1993年北隣の上郷(かみさと)町を編入。市街は盆地を流れる天竜川右岸の段丘上にある。堀氏などの城下町，三州街道の宿場町として発達，小京都と呼ばれ，1947年の大火までは碁盤目状の町並みがよく残っていた。復興後の市街地はリンゴ並木が防火帯に植えられ，整然とした街並で，都市計画のモデルとされている。飯田線，中央自動車道が通じ，近年は電気機器，精密機器工業が盛んで，在来工業では製材・製糸業のほか，水引，凍り豆腐を特産。旧上郷町を含む周辺山地では農林業を主とし，ナシ，カキ，リンゴを多産。天竜峡がある。2005年10月下伊那郡上村，南信濃村を編入。658.66km²。10万5335人（2010）。
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