was a village located in
Tone District, northern
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 ...
,
Japan.
Geography
The
Katashina River, a branch of
Tone River
The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano) and has a drainage area of (the largest in Japan). It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō (); ''Bandō'' is an obsolete alias of the Kantō ...
, flows on the west side of the former village.
* Mountains:
Mount Sukai
is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The peak lies in the Ashio Mountains of Japan, on the border of Nikkō, Tochigi, Nikkō in Tochigi Prefecture and Numata, Gunma, Numata in Gunma Prefecture. Mount Sukai is an old stratovolcano, but w ...
,
Mount Shukudōbō
* Rivers:
Katashina River,
Tani River
History
*April 1, 1889 – Azuma Village was created from merger of
Hirakawa,
Otsukai,
Ōyō,
Anahara,
Sonohara,
Ōhara-Shinchō,
Oigami,
Takatoya and
Chidori-Nitta due to implementation of
Municipal System Law.
*September 30, 1956 – Azuma was merged with
Akagine,
Tone District, to form
Tone Village.
*February 13, 2005 – Tone was merged into
Numata City.
Scenic and Historic Places
*
Fukiware Falls
*
Oigami Hot Springs
See also
*
List of dissolved municipalities of Japan
References
Azuma, Tone
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