was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Iwata District,
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...
,
Japan
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.
At the time of its merger, the town 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 5,394 and a
density
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of 32 persons per km
2. The total area was 168.53 km
2.
On July 1, 2005, Sakuma, along with the cities of
Tenryū and
Hamakita, the town of
Haruno (from
Shūchi District), the towns of
Hosoe,
Inasa and
Mikkabi (all from
Inasa District), the town of
Misakubo, the village of
Tatsuyama (all from
Iwata District), and the towns of
Maisaka and
Yūtō (both from
Hamana District), was merged into the expanded city of
Hamamatsu
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of . The total area of the site was .
Overview
...
, and is now part of
Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu City.
Sakuma is the location of the
Sakuma Dam
The is a dam on the Tenryū River, located on the border of Toyone, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It is one of the tallest dams in Japan and supports a 350 MW hydroelectric power station. Nearby a ...
, an important
hydroelectric
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power plant, and a
frequency converter
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station that permits exchange of power between Japan's two different
power systems
An electric power system is a network of electrical components deployed to supply, transfer, and use electric power. An example of a power system is the electrical grid that provides power to homes and industries within an extended area. The e ...
. Japan's grids are also connected by two other stations, located at
Higashi-Shimizu and
Shin Shinano.
See also
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Energy in Japan
Energy in Japan refers to energy and electricity production, consumption, import and export in Japan. The country's primary energy consumption was 477.6 Mtoe in 2011, a decrease of 5% over the previous year.
The country lacks significant do ...
References
HVDC-back-to-back station SakumaSwitching diagram
Dissolved municipalities of Shizuoka Prefecture
Hamamatsu
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