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 Iwate District,

Iwate Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture (behind Hokkaido) at , with a population of 1,165,886 (as of July 1, 2023). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Pre ...

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History

Tamayama was created as an administrative entity on April 1, 1889, within Minami-Iwate District with the establishment of the municipality system. The new administrative entity merged three pre-existing villages: Tamayama, Hinoto (), and Kawamata (). Minami-Iwate merged with Kita-Iwate District to form Iwate District on March 29, 1896. Tamayama merged with the neighboring villages of Shibutami and Yabukawa on April 1, 1954, and with Makihori on June 1, 1955. On January 10, 2006, Tamayama was merged into the expanded city of

Morioka is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 283,981 in 132,719 households, and a population density of . The total area of t ...

and no longer exists as an independent

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. As of January 2006, the village had an estimated

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of 13,530 and a

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of 34.05 persons per km². The total area was 397.32 km².

References

External links

Official website of Morioka
Dissolved municipalities of Iwate Prefecture Morioka, Iwate {{Iwate-geo-stub