was a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
located in
Tone District, northeastern
Gunma Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, 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 Square kilometre, km2 (2,456 Square mile, sq mi). Gunma P ...
.
Geography
*River - Katashina River, 根利川、赤城川
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 village of Akagine,
Kitaseta District, was formed.
* April 1, 1896: due to the mergers between Kitaseta and
Tone, the village became part of the Tone district.
* September 30, 1956: merged with the village of
Azuma Azuma may refer to:
Places
* Azuma, historical name for eastern Japan, now called Kantō region, Kantō and Tōhoku region
* Azuma, Gunma (Agatsuma), former village in Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
* Azuma, Gunma (Sawa), former villag ...
, Tone District, to form the village of
Tone, Tone district.
* February 13. 2005: the village of Tone merged into the
city of Numata.
References
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Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture