was a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
located in
Higashikamo District, east-central
Aichi Prefecture,
Japan.
As of April 1, 2004, the village had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using ...
of 5,593 and a
population density
Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...
of 48.9 persons per km². Its total area was 114.18 km².
Modern Shimoyama village was created on October 1, 1889.
On April 1, 2005, Shimoyama, along with the town of
Fujioka, the village of
Obara (both from
Nishikamo District), and the towns of
Asuke,
Asahi, and
Inabu
was a town located in Higashikamo District, in the mountainous section of north-central Aichi Prefecture, Japan, bordering Gifu Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture.
As of the 2005 census the town had a population of 2,928. Its total area was 98 ...
(all from
Higashikamo District),
was merged into the expanded city of
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
, and has ceased to exist as an independent
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
.
Dissolved municipalities of Aichi Prefecture
Toyota, Aichi
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