was a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
located in
Sanbu District,
Chiba Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama ...
,
Japan
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.
Hasunuma Village was formed on April 1, 1889, within
Musha District. Musha District became part of Sanbu District from April 1, 1897.
On March 27, 2006, Hasunuma, along with the towns of
Matsuo,
Narutō and
Sanbu (all from
Sanbu District), was merged to create the city of
Sanmu,
and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.
As of April 1, 2004, (the last census data prior to the merger) the village had an estimated
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of 4,846 and a
population density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
of 499 persons per km
2. The total area was 9.72 km
2.
Notable people
Takamasa Suzuki, former professional baseball player
References
External links
Sanmu official website
Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture
Sanmu
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