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 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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Geography

*River ‐

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 ...

、 Katashina River

History

*April 1, 1889 Due to the municipal status enforcement, the town of 戸鹿野新 and the villages of 戸鹿野, 沼須, 上沼須, 下久屋, 上久屋, and 横塚 merged to form the village of Tonami, Tone District. *April 1, 1954 The village merged with the town of Numata and the village of Ikeda, Usune, and Kawada, Tone District, to create the city of Numata.

References

Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture {{Gunma-geo-stub