was a city

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 located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

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. At the time of its merger, the city had an estimated population

Population

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 of 102,720 and a density

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 of 11,350 persons per km². The total area was 9.05 km².

The area of modern Hōya was an agricultural region and agricultural products transshipment center for Edo

Edo

, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...

 in the premodern period, and was part of ancient Musashi Province

Musashi Province

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. After the Meiji Restoration

Meiji Restoration

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 it came under the jurisdiction of the short-lived prefectures of Shinagawa (1868), Irima (1871), Kumagaya (1873) and Saitama

Saitama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...

 (1876).

On April 1, 1889, the villages of Kamihōya, Shimohōya, and Hōya-shinden merged to form the village of Hoya within Niikura District, then a portion of Saitama Prefecture. The district merged with Kitaadachi District

Kitaadachi District, Saitama

is a district located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.As of September 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 36,979 and a density of 2,498.58 persons per km². The total area is 14.80 km²...

 in 1896, but subsequently was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1907. Hōya was connected to central Tokyo by train from 1915. Hoya was elevated to town status in 1940, and to city status in 1967.

In 2001, the neighboring city of Tanashi

Tanashi, Tokyo

was a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. At the time of its merger, the city had an estimated population of 78,165 and a density of 11,495 persons per km². The total area was 6.8 km²....

 merged with

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 Hōya to form the new city of Nishi-Tōkyō, and Hōya thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.