Soma [village] - Soma

Japanese: 相馬[村] - そうま

A village in Nakatsugaru County, southern Aomori Prefecture. Population 3,828 (1995). Located in the Soma River basin, a tributary of the Iwaki River, it borders Akita Prefecture at the borders of Dokurobomori and Chokeimori in the Shirakami Mountains. It is a mountain village with forests, mostly national forests, making up over 80% of the village area. There are only a few rice paddies downstream of the Soma River and around the central settlement of Gosho, near the confluence with the Iwaki River. Apple cultivation is the village's main industry in the hills. The Funauchi Mine, which mainly produced zinc ore, began operation in 1933, but was closed in 1963. In 1978, the Minegoshi Forest Road Tashiro-Soma Line was opened, connecting the village to Tashiro Town in Akita Prefecture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

青森県南部，中津軽郡の村。人口3828(1995)。岩木川の支流相馬川流域を占め，白神山地の堂九郎坊森，長慶森などを境に秋田県と接する。国有林を主とする山林が村域の80％以上を占める山村。水田は相馬川下流や岩木川との合流点近くの中心集落五所周辺にわずかにあるのみで，丘陵部ではリンゴ栽培が行われ，村の基幹産業となっている。1933年に亜鉛鉱を主とする舟打鉱山が操業を始めたが，63年に廃山となった。78年に峰越林道田代･相馬線が開通し，秋田県田代町と結ばれた。

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