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Higashiyama, Iwate

Coordinates: 38°59′47″N 141°15′13″E / 38.99639°N 141.25361°E / 38.99639; 141.25361
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Higashiyama
東山町
Former municipality
Flag of Higashiyama
Official logo of Higashiyama
Location of Higashiyama in Iwate Prefecture
Location of Higashiyama in Iwate Prefecture
Higashiyama is located in Japan
Higashiyama
Higashiyama
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 38°59′47″N 141°15′13″E / 38.99639°N 141.25361°E / 38.99639; 141.25361
CountryJapan
RegionTōhoku
PrefectureIwate Prefecture
DistrictHigashiiwai
MergedSeptember 20, 2005
(now part of Ichinoseki)
Area
 • Total87.72 km2 (33.87 sq mi)
Population
 (September 1, 2005)
 • Total8,027
 • Density91.51/km2 (237.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
BirdCopper pheasant
FlowerLilium auratum
TreePinus densiflora

Higashiyama (東山町, Higashiyama-chō) was a town located in Higashiiwai District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Higashiyama village was created on February 1, 1955 by the merger of the villages of Takozu and Nagasaka. On November 1, 1958 it merged with the village of Matsukawa to become Higashiyama Town. On September 20, 2005, Higashiyama, along with the towns of Daitō and Senmaya, the villages of Kawasaki and Murone (all from Higashiiwai District), and the town of Hanaizumi (from Nishiiwai District), was merged into the expanded city of Ichinoseki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.[1]

As of September 2005, the town had an estimated population of 8,027 and a population density of 91.51 persons per km2. The total area was 87.72 km2.

References

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  1. ^ "総務省|令和2年版 地方財政白書|資料編 〔附属資料〕 昭和60年度以降の市町村合併の実績" [Record of Municipal Mergers Since Showa 60]. 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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