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
Higashiyamanashi District,
Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the no ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated
population
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of 1,495 and a
density
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of 34.74 persons per km². The total area is 43.03 km².
History
The village was established in 1941 by merging five villages from two different districts: Hajikano, and Tsuruse from
Higashi-yamanashi; Tokusa, Tano, and Hikage from
Higashi-yatsushiro.
On November 1, 2005 Yamato, along with the city of
Enzan
was a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 5, 1954.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 25,856 and the density of 139.96 persons per km². The total area was 184.74 km².
History
On Novem ...
, and the town of
Katsunuma (also from
Higashiyamanashi District), was merged to create the city of
Kōshū.
External links
Kōshū official website
Dissolved municipalities of Yamanashi Prefecture
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