was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Isawa District,
Iwate Prefecture,
Japan. It is currently part of the city of
Ōshū Oshu or Ōshū may refer to:
*Another name for Mutsu Province, a former Japanese province
*Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, a city
*Northern Fujiwara
The Northern Fujiwara (奥州藤原氏 ''Ōshū Fujiwara-shi'') were a Japanese kuge, noble Japanese c ...
. Isawa is well known for its
capsicum
''Capsicum'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their chili pepper or bell pepper fruit.
Etymology and names
The generic name may come from Latin , me ...
(green pepper).
The name of the area is derived from the ancient
Isawa tribe of
Emishi who had put up fierce resistance to the Yamato court and its imperial aspirations. Isawa village proper was created on April 1, 1955 through the merger of the villages of Oyama, Natsuta and Wakayanagi. It was raised to town status on April 1, 1967. On February 20, 2006, Isawa, was merged with the cities of
Esashi and
Mizusawa, the town of
Maesawa, and the village of
Koromogawa (both from
Isawa District), was merged to create the city of
Ōshū Oshu or Ōshū may refer to:
*Another name for Mutsu Province, a former Japanese province
*Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, a city
*Northern Fujiwara
The Northern Fujiwara (奥州藤原氏 ''Ōshū Fujiwara-shi'') were a Japanese kuge, noble Japanese c ...
, and no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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 ...
.
As of February 2006, the town had an estimated
population
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of 17,297 and a
population density
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of 58.04 persons per km². The total area was 298.02 km².
External links
Ōshū official website
Dissolved municipalities of Iwate Prefecture
Ōshū, Iwate
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