Ugo

Ugo is a town positioned in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2013, the metropolis had an predicted population of 15,948, and a populace density of 69.1 humans regular with km2. The total place is 230.70 5 km2. The location of present-day Ugo turn out to be part of historic Ugo Province, ruled with the aid of manner of the Satake extended family for the duration of the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain underneath the Tokugawa shogunate.

The cutting-edge-day town of Ugo became installed on April 1, 1955 via the merger of the metropolis of Nishimonai with six surrounding villages, all from Ogachi District. The economic system of Ugo is based on agriculture, more often than not rice cultivation. Ugo is place of the OTC Orient Technical Center. It is a manufacturing facility of luxurious watches. OTC owned by Orient Watch Co. Ugo is located in southern Akita Prefecture, on the Ogachi Plain it is bordered with the aid of the Dewa mountains to the west, and the Ou Mountains to the east.