Minamiminowa [village] - Minamiminowa

Japanese: 南箕輪[村] - みなみみのわ

A village in Kamiina County, central Nagano Prefecture. Population 12,133 (1995). It occupies the west bank of the Tenryu River and the northern part of the Ina Basin. The village is divided into east and west by the Nishiminowa district of Ina City. The western part is mountainous, with the Kiso Mountains' Kyogatake (2,296m), while the eastern part is in the Ina Basin and the settlement has developed below the terrace cliffs of the Tenryu River, and is connected by the JR Iida Line and National Route 153. With the construction of the Nishi Tenryu Canal in the early Showa period, the terrace surface was converted into rice paddies, and the village was mainly agricultural, with rice as the mainstay, as well as dairy farming, sericulture, and fruit cultivation. However, with the opening of the Chuo Expressway, factories producing electronic parts and other products have moved in, and the village is also becoming a residential area.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長野県中央部，上伊那郡の村。人口1万2133(1995)。天竜川西岸，伊那盆地北部を占める。村域は伊那市西箕輪地区によって東西に二分され，西部は木曾山脈経ヶ岳(2296m)の山地であるが，東部は伊那盆地にあって天竜川の段丘崖下に集落が発達し，JR飯田線，国道153号線が通じている。昭和初期の西天竜疎水の建設によって段丘面は水田化され，米作を中心に酪農，養蚕，果樹栽培などを営む農業主体の村であったが，中央自動車道の開通により，電子部品などの工場が進出し，住宅地化も進んでいる。

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