Yamato, Yamanashi

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This article is about the town in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. There is a Japanese city with this name, see Yamato, Kanagawa. For other uses including other towns and villages with the same name, see Yamato.

Yamato (大和村; -mura) is a village located in Higashiyamanashi District, Yamanashi, Japan.

As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,495 and a density of 34.74 persons per km². The total area is 43.03 km².

The village was established in 1941 by merging five villages from two different districts: Hajikano, and Tsuruse from Higashi-yamanashi; Tokusa, Tano, and Hikage from Higashi-yatsushiro.

External links

[Yamato official website] (in Japanese)

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