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Isohara, Ibaraki
was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Taga District, Ibaraki, Japan. History On April 1, 1889, Kitanakagō village was formed by the merger of Toyoda, Isohara, Ōtsuka, Kamisōda and Utsuno.Dictionary of place names Japanese, Kadokawa On January 1, 1925, Kitanakagō village was renamed Isohara town. On April 1, 1955, Hanakawa, Ibaraki, Hanakawa village merged with Isohara Town. On March 31, 1956, Isohara town merged with Ōtsu, Ibaraki, Ōtsu town, Hiragata, Ibaraki, Hiragata town, Minaminakagō, Ibaraki, Minaminakagō village, Sekinami, Ibaraki, Sekinami village, and Sekimoto, Ibaraki, Sekimoto village, to form Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki, Kitaibaraki city. Population changes Population * 1891 - 2,932 * 1902 - 4,007 * 1920 - 10,265 * 1924 - 9,089 * 1935 - 9,342 * 1950 - 13,692 Number of households * 1920 - 2,427 * 1924 - 2,225 * 1935 - 2,064 * 1950 - 2,756 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Isohara, Ibaraki Dissolved municipalities of Ibaraki Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns In Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), city (''shi''), and village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a district. Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * Japanese addressing system The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ... References {{reflist External links "Large_City_System_of_Japan";_graphic_shows_towns_compared_with_other_Japanese_city_types_at_p._1_[PDF_7_of_40/nowiki>">DF_7_of_4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |