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 to ...
located in
Tone District, northern
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 ...
.
Geography
* River –
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 ...
History
* April 1, 1889 – Due to the municipal status enforcement, the five villages of 上川田, 下川田, 今井, 屋形原, and 岩本 merge to form the village of Kawada.
* April 1, 1954 – Kawada merges with the
town of Numata and the villages of
Tonami
270px, Tonami-yotaka festival held in June
is a city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 48,659 in 16,739 households and a population density of 384 persons per km². Its total area was .
Geography
Tonami i ...
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Ikeda Ikeda may refer to:
* Ikeda (surname), a Japanese surname
* Ikeda (comics), a character in ''Usagi Yojimbo''
* Ikeda clan, a Japanese clan
* Ikeda map, chaotic attractor
* Ikeda (annelid), ''Ikeda'' (annelid) a genus of the family Ikedidae
Places< ...
, and
Usune to create the city of
Numata
is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 46,908 in 20,589 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km². The total area of the city is , making it the largest city in terms of area w ...
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Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture
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