Yamato, Yamanashi

Dissolved municipality in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan

Yamato (大和村, Yamato-mura) was a village located in Higashiyamanashi District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,495 and a density of 34.74 persons per km2. The total area is 43.03 km2.

## History

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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.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "平成１７年１１月 甲州市ホームページ開設". 甲州市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-28.

## External links

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* Kōshū official website Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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