Yakumo (八雲村, Yakumo-mura) was a village located in Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,931 and a density of 123.77 persons per km. The total area was 56.00 km.
On March 31, 2005, Yakumo, along with the towns of Kashima, Mihonoseki, Shimane, Shinji, Tamayu and Yatsuka (all from Yatsuka District), was merged into the expanded city of Matsue.
References
- "島根県：市町村合併（トップ / 県政・統計 / 市町村情報 / 市町村情報 / 市町村合併）". Shima Prefectural Government. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 146.
Matsue-shi, Kashima-cho, Shimane-cho, Mihonoseki-cho, Yakumo-mura, Tamayu-cho, Shinji-cho and Yatsuka-cho were incorporated into a newly established Matsue-shi as of March 31, 2005.
External links
- Village of Yakumo at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese)
- Saeki, Shizuka (佐伯静香) (June 2002). "Yakumo: A Play in Eight Clouds". Look Japan. Archived from the original on 2002-08-16. - Japanese version: 地方文化シリーズ： 「八雲国際演劇祭」
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