It was blessed with facilities for transportation, including many kaidos (roads) and water transpotation by the Yoshino-gawa River (Kino-kawa River), etc., and prospered as the center of the administration of southern Yamato Province.
多数の街道や吉野川（紀の川）の水運など交通の便に恵まれ、南大和統治の中心地として栄えた。