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> 初めて[山奥]{やまおく}から町に出てきた村の人たちは見るものすべてに[驚]{おどろ}いた。

In this instance, does 山奥から町に出てきた mean "left the mountains and came to the
city" (町)? Also, I would normally interpret 出てくる as "leave and come back", but
maybe from the viewpoint of someone in the city it makes sense.
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grammar particle-に particle-から
Usage of particles with 出てくる
verb-てくる means doing the verb and come (not necesseraly back). badly
translated, 出てくる means to get out and come.

The first time the members of the village got out from the mountain and came
to the city, they were surprised by everything they saw.
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* 出る means simply "to go out/leave/exit" with no sense of direction with respect to the speaker
  * 出ていく means "to go out [away from the speaker]"
  * 出てくる means "to come out [toward the speaker]"

In other words, the sentence is written from the point of view of someone in
the city.

> 初めて山奥から町に出てきた村の人たちは見るものすべてに驚いた。  
>  The villagers, coming out of the mountains for the first time, were
> surprised about everything they saw.
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