Haga [town] - Haga

Japanese: 波賀[町] - はが

A former town in Shiso County, western Hyogo Prefecture. Occupying the Hikihara River basin upstream of the Ibo River, it has many beautiful forests of beech and cedar, and produces a lot of timber, chestnuts, and shiitake mushrooms. It has Tokura Pass and is passed through by the Inaba Highway (National Route 29). The valley of the Hikihara River is famous for its autumn leaves. Hikihara Dam supplies industrial water to the Harima Industrial Region. In April 2005, it merged with Yamazaki Town, Ichinomiya Town, and Chikusa Town in Shiso County to become a city, Shiso City. ^{161.30 km2} . 4,940 people (2003).

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Japanese:

兵庫県西部，宍粟(しそう)郡の旧町。揖保(いぼ)川上流の引原川流域を占め，ブナ，スギの美林が多く，木材，クリ，シイタケを多産。戸倉峠があり因幡(いなば)街道（国道29号線）が通じる。引原川の渓谷は紅葉の名所。引原ダムは播磨工業地域への工業用水を給水する。2005年４月宍粟郡山崎町，一宮町，千種町と合併し市制，宍粟市となる。161.30km²。4940人（2003）。

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