Nakazato [village] - Nakazato

Japanese: 仲里[村] - なかざと

A village in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture. It occupies the eastern part of Kumejima, about 100km west of Naha City on Okinawa Island (the main island), and includes the affiliated islands of Oujima and Ohajima. Population 5,157 (1995). There are mountainous areas about 300m above sea level on the south and north of the village, and lowlands spread out facing the coast in the center. It has long been known as a rice producing area, and efforts have been made to irrigate the water-scarce hills by building reservoirs, expanding the rice fields, but now most of the land has been converted to cultivation of staple crops such as sugarcane and flowers. Beef cattle are also raised here.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

沖縄県島尻郡の村。沖縄島(本島)の那覇市の西約100kmにある久米島の東部を占め，属島の奥武（おう）島，オーハ島を含む。人口5157(1995)。村の南と北にはそれぞれ標高約300mの山地があり，中央部の海岸に面して低地が広がる。古くから米の生産地として知られ，水に乏しい丘陵地に溜池をつくるなど灌漑にも努力し，水田を広げてきたが，現在は大部分が基幹作物のサトウキビや花卉などの栽培に転換している。肉用牛の畜産も行われる。

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