was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
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located in
Higashikamo District, in the mountainous section of north-central
Aichi Prefecture,
Japan, bordering
Gifu Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ...
and
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the n ...
.
As of the 2005 census the town had a
population
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of 2,928. Its total area was 98.36 km².
During the early
Meiji period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
cadastral reforms, the villages of Inahashi and Busetsu were established on October 1, 1889. The two villages merged to form the town of Inabu in 1940. Until September 30, 2003, the town was located within
Kitashitara District
is a rural district located in northeastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
As of 1 October 2019, the district had an estimated population of 8,595 and a population density of 15.5 persons per km2. Its total area was 554.51 km2.
Towns and villag ...
, but from October 1, 2003 to March 31, 2005, the town was located within
Higashikamo District.
On April 1, 2005, Inabu, along with the town of
Fujioka, the village of
Obara (both from
Nishikamo District), the towns of
Asuke and
Asahi, and the village of
Shimoyama (all from
Higashikamo District),
was merged into the expanded city of
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
, and has ceased to exist as an independent
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
.
Dissolved municipalities of Aichi Prefecture
Toyota, Aichi
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