was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Higashiiwai District,
Iwate Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at , with a population of 1,210,534 (as of October 1, 2020). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefectur ...
,
Japan
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. The name translates as 'one thousand stables' although today there are no horses or stables remaining.
Senmaya village was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the municipalities system. It was raised to town status on April 1, 1898. On September 30, 1956, Senmaya annexed the neighboring villages of Iwashimizu, Okutama and Konashi.
On September 20, 2005, Senmaya, along with the towns of
Daitō and
Higashiyama, the villages of
Kawasaki and
Murone (all from
Higashiiwai District), and the town of
Hanaizumi (from
Nishiiwai District), was merged into the expanded city of
Ichinoseki
is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. , the city had a population of 114,476 and a population density of 91 persons per km² in 46,375 households. It is currently the second largest city by population in ...
and no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
As of September 2005, the town had an estimated
population
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of 12,969 and a
population density
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of 144.36 persons per km². The total area was 89.84 km².
Climate
References
External links
Official website
Events, Stores, and Sightseeing
Dissolved municipalities of Iwate Prefecture
Ichinoseki, Iwate
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