was a
village
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located in
Sanbu District,
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...
,
Japan
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.
Hasunuma Village was formed on April 1, 1889 within
Musha District. Musha District became part of Sanbu District from April 1, 1897.
On March 27, 2006, Hasunuma, along with the towns of
Matsuo Matsuo may refer to:
Places
* Matsuo, Chiba
* Matsuo, Iwate
*Mount Matsuo
*Matsuo Station (disambiguation)
* Siege of Matsuo
*Matsuo mine
, was an iron and sulphur mine located in the village of Matsuo, Iwate Prefecture in the Tohoku region of n ...
,
Narutō and
Sanbu
is a district located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2013, the district had a population of 49,488 and a population density of 369 persons per km2. The total area is .
Towns and villages
* Kujūkuri
* Shibayama
* Yokoshibahikari
Eleva ...
(all from
Sanbu District), was merged to create the city of
Sanmu, and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.
As of April 1, 2004, (the last census data prior to the merger) the village had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 4,846 and a
population density
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of 499 persons per km². The total area was 9.72 km².
Notable people
Takamasa Suzuki
Takamasa (written: , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese judoka
*, Japanese samurai
*, Japanese daimyō
*, Japanese photographer
*, Japanese musician, known as ...
, former professional baseball player
External links
Sanmu official website
Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture
Sanmu
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