was a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in
Katori District,
Chiba Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama ...
,
Japan
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.
History
During the
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
, the area of present-day Shimofusa was part of
Takaoka Domain, a minor
feudal domain
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of the
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...
. Modern Namekawa Village was established on April 1, 1889. On February 11, 1955, it merged with the villages of Takaoka and Komikado to form the town of Shimofusa.
On March 27, 2006, Shimofusa, along with the town of
Taiei
, also known as Taiei or Dai-ei, was a after '' Eishō'' and before '' Kyōroku.'' This period spanned the years from August 1521 through August 1528. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* 1521 : The era name was changed because o ...
(also from
Katori District),
was merged into the expanded city of
Narita, and thus no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
.
Population
In February 2006, the last data available before its merger into Narita, the town had an estimated
population
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of 7,868 and a
population density
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of . Its total area was .
Education
Shimofusa High School (
千葉県立下総高等学校) is located in the former town.
アクセス
. Shimofusa High School. June 26, 2004. Retrieved on May 5, 2016. "〒289−0116 千葉県香取郡下総町名古屋247"
References
External links
Town of Shimofusa
(Archive)
Narita official website
Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture
Narita, Chiba
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