Yamato, Kanagawa
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Yamato 大和市 |
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Yamato City Hall
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 Location of Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture |
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 Yamato
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| Coordinates: 35°29′N 139°27′E / 35.483°N 139.450°ECoordinates: 35°29′N 139°27′E / 35.483°N 139.450°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Kantō | ||
| Prefecture | Kanagawa Prefecture | ||
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| • - Mayor | Satoru Ōki | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 27.06 km2 (10.45 sq mi) | ||
| Population (July 1, 2012) | |||
| • Total | 230,709 | ||
| • Density | 8,530/km2 (22,100/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
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| • Tree | Yamazakura (Prunus jamasakura) | ||
| • Flower | Nogiku (a group of Asteraceae) | ||
| • Bird | Azure-winged magpie | ||
| Phone number | 046-263-1111 | ||
| Address | 1-1-1 Shimotsuruma, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa-ken 242-8601 | ||
| Website | www |
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Yamato (大和市 Yamato-shi?) is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of June 2012, the city has an estimated population of 230,709 and a population density of 8,530 persons per km2. The total area is 27.06 km2 (10.45 sq mi).
Yamato is located in the plains of north-central Kanagawa Prefecture.
The area around present-day Yamato city has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon period at numerous locations in the area. It is mentioned in the Engishiki records from the Heian period. By the Kamakura period, this area part of the Shibuya shōen. It came under control of the Ashikaga clan in the early Muromachi period and was later part of the territories of the Late Hōjō clan from Odawara. With the start of the Edo period, the area was part of the tenryō territory in Sagami Province controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto . Under the rule of the 5th shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, one of these hatamoto, Sakamoto Shigeharu (1630–1693) by virtue of his position as Ōmetsuke and Jisha-bugyō, exceeded 10,000 koku in income, and thus became daimyō of the newly proclaimed Fukami Domain in October 1682. However, his revenues decreased below 10,000 koku in May 1687 and the domain was suppressed.
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