Tatsuyama, Shizuoka

Former municipality in Chūbu, Japan

Tatsuyama

龍山村

Former municipality

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Location of Tatsuyama in Shizuoka Prefecture

Country| Japan
Region| Chūbu (Tōkai)
Prefecture| Shizuoka Prefecture
District| Iwata
Merged| July 1, 2005
(now part of Hamamatsu)
Area

• Total| 70.23 km2 (27.12 sq mi)
Population

(June 1, 2005)

• Total| 1,122
• Density| 16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols

Flower| Rhododendron

Tatsuyama (龍山村, Tatsuyama-mura) was a village located in Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

At the time of its merger, the village had an estimated population of 1,123 and a density of 16 persons per km2. The total area was 70.23 km2.

On July 1, 2005, Tatsuyama, along with the cities of Tenryū and Hamakita, the town of Haruno (from Shūchi District), the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi (all from Inasa District), the towns of Misakubo and Sakuma (all from Iwata District), and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō (both from Hamana District), was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu.[1][2] It was the last village within Shizuoka Prefecture. It is now part of Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu City.

## References

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1. ^ 浜松市. "合併の経緯". 浜松市公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-07. "平成17年7月1日、浜松市、浜北市、天竜市、舞阪町、雄踏町、細江町、引佐町、三ヶ日町、春野町、佐久間町、水窪町及び龍山村の12市町村が合併して、新しい浜松市が誕生しました。"
2. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 142\. "Tenryu-shi, Hamakita-shi, Haruno-cho, Tatsuyama-mura, Sakuma-cho, Misakubo-cho, Maisaka-cho, Yuto-cho, Hosoe-cho, Inasa-cho, and Mikkabi-cho were incorporated into Hamamatsu-shi as of July 1, 2005."

## External links

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* Hamamatsu official website (in Japanese)
* Tatsuyama J.H.S.official website (in Japanese)
* Tatsuyama official sight seeing website (in Japanese)

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