was a

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located in Tomata District,

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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 5,311 and a

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of 33.35 persons per km². The total area was 159.27 km². On February 28, 2005, Kamo, along with the village of

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(also from Tomata District), the town of Shōboku (from Katsuta District), and the town of

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(from Kume District), was merged into the expanded city of

Tsuyama is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. In February 2023, the city had an estimated population of 97,507 in 45,653 households and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Tsuyama is located in nort ...

and no longer exists as an independent

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Massacre

On 21 May 1938, the town became the scene of the deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in Japanese history. A 21-year-old man murdered 30 people (including his own grandmother) and wounded three others before killing himself.

Geography

Adjoining municipalities

** Kagamino ** Kamisaibara **

** Shōboku *

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** Tottori **

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Education

*Kamo Elementary School *Kamo Junior High School

Transportation

Railways

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*** Mimasaka-Kamo Station - Chiwa Station - Mimasaka-Kawai Station

Road

* Prefectural roads: **Okayama Prefectural Route 6 (

- Hattō) **Okayama Prefectural Route 68 (Tsuyama-Kamo) **Okayama Prefectural Route 75 (Kamo- Okutsu) **Okayama Prefectural Route 118 (Kamo- Mochigase) **Okayama Prefectural Route 336 (Kurami-Sainotani)

References

External links

Official website of Tsuyama
in Japanese (some English content) Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Tsuyama {{Okayama-geo-stub