was a
village
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located in
Higashiyamanashi District,
Yamanashi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 787,592 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the n ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village has an estimated
population
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of 1,495 and a
density
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of 34.74 persons per km
2. The total area is 43.03 km
2.
History
The village was established in 1941 by merging five villages from two different districts: Hajikano, and Tsuruse from
Higashi-yamanashi; Tokusa, Tano, and Hikage from
Higashi-yatsushiro.
On November 1, 2005 Yamato, along with the city of
Enzan, and the town of
Katsunuma (also from
Higashiyamanashi District), was merged to create the city of
Kōshū.
References
External links
Kōshū official website
Dissolved municipalities of Yamanashi Prefecture
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