Yamamoto District, Akita

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Yamamoto (山本郡; -gun) is a district located in Akita, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 46,056 and a density of 48.70 persons per km². The total area is 945.63 km².

Historically, the old and new city of Noshiro was part of Yamamoto District when the town of Noshirominato(Noshiro's predescendent) merged with surrounding areas on October 1, 1940 to gain city status, and again on March 21, 2006, this time merging with the town of Futatsui.

[edit] Towns and villages

Fujisato
Happo(On March 27, 2006)
Mitane

[edit] The creation of the City of Shirakami backfired

The district was originally scheduled to merge with Noshiro to form the new city of Shirakami. This merger plan had some serious problems with the UNESCO(Who enlisted the mountains which the name was came from) and the two prefectures (Akita and Aomori, where the mountains lie) Also, people from the Aomori Prefecture almost filed suit against Noshiro and all municipalities from Yamamoto District. On January 31, 2006, the merger committee was forced to dissolve.[1]

[edit] Merger Plan Changes

On March 20, 2006, Hachiryu, Kotoka, and Yamamoto merged together to form the new town of Mitane.
On March 21, 2006, the town of Futatsui merged with the City of Noshiro to create the new city, also called Noshiro.
On March 27, 2006, the municipalities of Hachimori and Minehama is scheduled to merge together to create a new town called Happo.