Fukada [village] - Fukada

Japanese: 深田[村] - ふかだ

A village in Kuma County in southern Kumamoto Prefecture. Population 2,046 (1995). Located in the center of the Hitoyoshi Basin, with the Kuma River flowing through the southern part. The central and northern parts are mountainous areas with an elevation of 200 to 500 meters, and most of the village area is covered by forests, with flat land opening up to the Kuma River and its tributary, the Dozan River basin. The center of the village is near the confluence, and when water transportation on the Kuma River was popular, it flourished as a distribution center for agricultural products and copper from the Fukada Copper Mine upstream of the Dozan River, but it declined with the opening of the railway and the construction of roads. The Fukada Copper Mine was also abandoned in 1944.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

熊本県南部，球磨（くま）郡の村。人口2046(1995)。人吉盆地の中央に位置し，南部を球磨川が流れる。中北部は標高200～500mの山地からなり，山林が村域の多くを占め，球磨川と支流の銅山川流域に平地が開ける。集落の中心は合流点付近にあり，かつて球磨川水運が盛んであったころは農産物や銅山川上流の深田銅山の銅などの集散地として栄えたが，鉄道の開通や道路の整備により衰退した。深田銅山も1944年に廃鉱となった。

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