地方, ちほう
1. district, region, area, locality
See 中央・2
2. the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area
Obsolete term, Imperial Japanese Army jargon
3. civilian society
その地方は大規模に開発されるだろう。
地方, じかた
See 立方・たちかた・2
1. person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance)
2. person singing ballads (in noh)
3. coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore
Archaism
4. the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area
その地方は大規模に開発されるだろう。
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis