Ogimi [village] - Ogimi

Japanese: 大宜味[村] - おおぎみ

A village in Kunigami County, Okinawa Prefecture, on the west coast of the northern part of Okinawa Island (the main island). Population 3,437 (1995). An uplifted sea-cut terrace, dissected from the mountainous backbone in the north, approaches the sea, and there is an alluvial lowland along the coast and the shores of Shioya Bay. The plateau is covered with forest, which accounts for 70% of the village area, but in recent years development on the plateau has been promoted, and arable land has expanded, with the cultivation of shiikuwasha, mandarin oranges, and other fruit trees, flowers, and sugarcane. Pig farming is also popular. Since before World War II, there have been many migrant workers, and the village is known as Ogimi carpenters.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

沖縄県，沖縄島(本島)北部の西海岸にある国頭（くにがみ）郡の村。人口3437(1995)。北部の脊梁山地から，開析された隆起海食台が海に迫り，海岸と塩屋湾岸に沿って沖積低地がある。台地面は山林で，村域の70％を占めているが，近年台地上の開発が促進され耕地が拡大し，シイクワシャー，ミカンなどの果樹，花卉，サトウキビを栽培している。また養豚も盛んである。第2次世界大戦前から出稼ぎが多く，大宜味大工の名で知られる。

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