Akeno, Yamanashi
Template:Short description Template:Nihongo was a village located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Its territory includes Yama-Ogasawara, the village which gave its name to Ogasawara Nagakiyo, his clan of samurai, andTemplate:MdasheventuallyTemplate:Mdashto the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific south of Tokyo. (Ogasawara itself is twinned with another locationTemplate:MdashHara-Ogasawara in nearby Minami-AlpsTemplate:Mdashdue to the similar names.)
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 4,750 and a density of 169.04 persons per km2. The total area was 28.10 km2.
On November 1, 2004, Akeno, along with the towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Mukawa and Ōizumi (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
References
External links
- Akeno official website of Hokuto city (in Japanese)