was a village located in
Tone District, northern
Gunma Prefecture
is a landlocked 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 . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...
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Japan
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Geography
The
Katashina River, a branch of
Tone River
The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano River) and has a drainage area of (the largest in Japan). It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō (); ''Bandō'' is an obsolete alias of the ...
, flows on the west side of the former village.
* Mountains:
Mount Sukai
is a stratovolcano in Japan. The peak lies in the Ashio Mountains of Japan, on the border of Nikkō in Tochigi Prefecture and Numata in Gunma Prefecture. Mount Sukai is an old stratovolcano, but with the whole mountain covered in forest today ...
,
Mount Shukudōbō
* Rivers:
Katashina River,
Tani River
History
*April 1, 1889 – Azuma Village was created from merger of
Hirakawa,
Otsukai,
Ōyō,
Anahara,
Sonohara,
Ōhara-Shinchō,
Oigami,
Takatoya and
Chidori-Nitta due to implementation of
Municipal System Law.
*September 30, 1956 – Azuma was merged with
Akagine,
Tone District, to form
Tone Village.
*February 13, 2005 – Tone was merged into
Numata City.
Scenic and Historic Places
*
Fukiware Falls
*
Oigami Hot Springs
See also
*
List of dissolved municipalities of Japan
This page links to the list of mergers and dissolutions of municipalities in Japan for each prefecture.
For a list of dissolved municipalities, see also: Dissolved municipalities of Japan and the sister category Former districts of Japan.
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References
Azuma, Tone
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