was a town

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Kumage District

Kumage District, Yamaguchi

Kumage is a district located in Yamaguchi, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 42,778 and a density of 282.12 persons per km²...

, Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, however, is Shimonoseki.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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On October 4, 2004 Yamato was merged with the city of Hikari

Hikari, Yamaguchi

is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded three times: April 1, 1943 , July 1, 1955 , and October 4, 2004 ....

 and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population

Population

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 of 8,057 and a density

Population density

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of 251.08 persons per km². The total area was 32.09 km².

The town was established as a village in 1943, and promoted to a town in 1971.

External links

• Yamato official website of Hikari city (in Japanese)