was a village

Villages of Japan

A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....

 located in Kamikita District

Kamikita District, Aomori

is a district located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It occupies the east-central portion of the prefecture, south of Shimokita Peninsula.As of 2010, the district has an estimated population of 100,526 and a density of 78.5 persons per km². The total area was 1281.05 km².- Towns and villages...

 in central Aomori Prefecture

Aomori Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....

, Japan

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Tenmabayashi Village was founded in 1889 from the merger of seven small hamlets. On March 31, 2005, it merged

Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan

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 into the neighboring town of Shichinohe

Shichinohe, Aomori

is a town located in the Kamikita District of northeastern Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the town had an estimated population of 17,445 and a density of 51.7 persons per km². Its total area was 337.23 km².-Geography:...

, and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Located in central Aomori prefecture, the village of Tenmabashi had an economy based on primarily on agriculture, with principal crops including rice, garlic and Japanese yam

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At the time of its merger, the village had an estimated population

Population

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 of 8,354 and a density

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 of 41.23 persons per km². The total area was 202.59 km².

Tenmabayashi was served by Route 4 (Japan)

Route 4 (Japan)

National Route 4 is a major highway in eastern Honshū, Japan. The longest of the ordinary highways in Japan, it originates in Chūō, Tokyo and stretches north for 743.6 km to the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture. From Saitama Prefecture to Iwate Prefecture, it parallels the Tōhoku...

 and Route 394 (Japan)

Route 394 (Japan)

National Route 394 is a national highway of Japan connecting Mutsu, Aomori and Hirosaki, Aomori in Japan, with a total length of 185 km ....

highways, but had no railway service.