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Yunohara, Gunma
was a village located in Tone District, northern Gunma Prefecture. Geography *Mountain Range： *River： History *April 1, 1889 Due to the municipal status A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... enforcement, the villages of 新巻, 相俣, and 羽場 merged to form the village of Yunohara. *May 1, 1908 Merged with the village of Kuga, Tone District, to form the village of village of Niiharu. *October 1, 2005 Village of Niiharu merged with the towns of Tsukiyono and (former) Minakami to become the town of Minakami. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yunohara Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages Of Japan
A is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture. It is larger than an actual settlement, being in actuality a subdivision of a rural , which are subdivided into towns and villages with no overlap and no uncovered area. As a result of mergers and elevation to higher statuses, the number of villages in Japan is decreasing. Currently, 13 prefectures no longer have any villages: Tochigi (since March 20, 2006), Fukui (since March 3, 2006), Ishikawa (since March 1, 2005), Shizuoka (since July 1, 2005), Hyōgo (since April 1, 1999), Mie (since November 1, 2005), Shiga (since January 1, 2005), Hiroshima (since November 5, 2004), Yamaguchi (since March 20, 2006), Ehime (since January 16, 2005), Kagawa (since April 1, 1999), Nagasaki (since October 1, 2005), and Saga (since March 20, 2006). The six villages in the Northern Territories dispute and Atarashiki-mura (whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tone District, Gunma
is a rural district located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 34,946 and an area of 1,322.23 km2, with a population density of 26.4 people per square kilometer. Towns and villages * Minakami * Katashina * Kawaba * Shōwa Much of the city of Numata was formerly part of the district. History The area of Tone District was formerly part of Kōzuke Province. Per a census conducted at the end of the Edo period, the area was divided into one town and 66 villages administered as ''tenryō'' directly by the Tokugawa shogunate or various ''hatamoto'' and two towns and 47 villages under the control of Numata Domain. One village was under the joint control of the Shogunate and Numata Domain. file: Gumma Tone-gun 1889.png, Historic Map of Tone District in 1889:1. Numata, 2. Tonami, 3. Shirasawa, 4. Azuma, 5. Katashina, 6. Kawaba, 7. Ikeda, 8. Usune, 9. Komemaki, 10. Minakami, 11.Momono, 12.Yunohara, 13. Kawata, 21. Kuroho, 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunma Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 km2 (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Saitama Prefecture to the south, and Tochigi Prefecture to the east. Maebashi is the capital and Takasaki is the largest city of Gunma Prefecture, with other major cities including Ōta, Isesaki, and Kiryū. Gunma Prefecture is one of only eight landlocked prefectures, located on the northwestern corner of the Kantō Plain with 14% of its total land being designated as natural parks. History The ancient province of Gunma was a center of horse breeding and trading activities for the newly immigrated continental peoples. The arrival of horses and the remains of horse tackle coincides with the arrival of a large migration from the mainland. From this point forward, the hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Status
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuga, Gunma
was a village located in Tone District, northern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The village first belonged to Agatsuma District. Geography Before moving to Tone District, it was the northernmost village in Agatsuma District. *Mountain Range：三国山、稲含山、赤沢山、雨見山 *River：赤谷川、西川、須川 History *April 1, 1889 Due to the municipal status A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... enforcement, the villages of Sukawa (須川), Irisukawa (入須川), Nishiminesu (西峰須川), Higashiminesu (東峰須川), Fuse (布施), Moroda (師田), Sarugakyō (猿ヶ京), Fukuro (吹路), and Nagai (永井) merged to form the village of Kuga, Agatsuma District. *April 1, 1896 Moved from Agatsuma District to Tone District. *May 1, 1908 Merged with v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niiharu, Gunma
was a village located in Tone District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... On October 1, 2005, Niihari, along with the town of Tsukiyono (also from Tone District), was merged into the expanded town of Minakami. Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture {{Gunma-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukiyono, Gunma
was a town located in Tone District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... On October 1, 2005, Tsukiyono, along with the village of Niiharu (also from Tone District), was merged into the expanded town of Minakami. Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture {{Gunma-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minakami, Gunma
is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 18,383 in 7938 households, and a population density of 24 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Much of the town is within the borders of Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park. Geography Located in northern Gunma, Minakami is bordered by Niigata Prefecture to the north. The town is very mountainous. * Mountains: Mount Mikuni (1636m), Mount Sennokura (2026m), Mount Ōmine, Mount Tanigawa (1977m), Asahidake (1945m), Mount Hiragatake (2141m) * Rivers: Tone River, Akatani River * Lakes: Lake Okutone, Lake Naramata, Lake Fujiwara, Lake Dogen * Dams: Yagisawa Dam, Naramata Dam, Fujiwara Dam, Aimata Dam, Sudagai Dam Surrounding municipalities Gunma Prefecture * Numata * Kawaba * Katashina * Nakanojō Niigata Prefecture * Uonuma * Minamiuonuma * Yuzawa Climate Minakami has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfa'') characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
