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, 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. The village first belonged to
Agatsuma District.
Geography
Before moving to
Tone District, it was the northernmost village in
Agatsuma District.
*Mountain Range：三国山、稲含山、赤沢山、雨見山
*River：赤谷川、西川、須川
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 villages of Sukawa (須川), Irisukawa (入須川), Nishiminesu (西峰須川), Higashiminesu (東峰須川), Fuse (布施), Moroda (師田), Sarugakyō (猿ヶ京), Fukuro (吹路), and Nagai (永井) merged to form the village of Kuga,
Agatsuma District.
*April 1, 1896 Moved from Agatsuma District to
Tone District.
*May 1, 1908 Merged with
village of Yunohara, Tone District, to become the
village of Niiharu.
*October 1, 2005 The village of Niiharu merged with the towns of
Tsukiyono and (former)
Minakami to become the town of
Minakami.
Famous Places
*
Sagurakyō Hot Springs
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Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture