Country Japan Area 87.72 km² Bird Copper pheasant Flower Lilium auratum | Prefecture Iwate Prefecture Population 8,027 (1 Sep 2005) Region Tōhoku region | |
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Merged September 20, 2005
(now part of Ichinoseki) Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Weather 8°C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 49% Humidity District Higashiiwai District, Iwate | ||
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.
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.
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Higashiyama, Iwate Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA