OTA


Meaning of OTA in English

city, Gumma ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. During the Tokugawa period (16031867) it was a market town, a post town on the Nikko Highway, and a temple town for the Daiko Temple. Japan's first civil-aircraft manufacturing plant was established in Ota in 1918. During World War II, aircraft factories moved to Ota, and the population subsequently grew. Industrial products now include automobiles, electrical machinery, rubber, plastics, and knitted clothing. Pop. (1992 est.) 142,949.

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