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
is a rural district located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 34,946 and an area of 1,322.23 km2, with a population density of 26.4 people per square kilometer.
Towns and villages
* ...
, northeastern
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 Fukushim ...
.
Geography
*River - Katashina River, 根利川、赤城川
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 village of Akagine,
Kitaseta District, was formed.
* April 1, 1896: due to the mergers between Kitaseta and
Tone, the village became part of the Tone district.
* September 30, 1956: merged with the village of
Azuma, Tone District, to form the village of
Tone, Tone district.
* February 13. 2005: the village of Tone merged into the
city of Numata.
References
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Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture