is a former village

Villages of Japan

A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....

 located in Minamishitara District

Minamishitara District, Aichi

is a former rural district located in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.As of 2004 , the district had an estimated population of 16,703 and a population density of 43.84 persons per km². Its total area was 381.06 km².-History:...

, Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

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. As of May 1, 2004, the village had an estimated population

Population

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 of 3,263 and a density

Population density

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 of 27.8 persons per km². Its total area was 117.40 km².

Geography

Tsukude was located in east-central of Aichi Prefecture. Some 90 percent of the village area was covered in mountains and forest, and most was within the borders of the Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park

Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park

is a quasi-national park in the Tōkai region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape according to the IUCN. As with neighboring Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park and Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park the park includes mountainous landscapes with gorges and dense forests...

History

Tsukude was home to the Okudaira clan

Matsudaira clan

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 during the Sengoku period

Sengoku period

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, and to the short-lived Tsukude Domain under the Tokugawa Shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

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 of the Edo period

Edo period

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Modern Tsukude village was created through the merger of nine small hamlets on May 1, 1906. On October 1, 2005, Tsukude and the town of Hōrai

Horai, Aichi

is a former town located in Minamishitara District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2004, the village had an estimated population of 13,565 and a density of 51.45 persons per km². Its total area was 263.66 km².-Geography:...

 merged

Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan

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 into the city of Shinshiro

Shinshiro, Aichi

is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 49,731 and the population density of 99.7 persons per km². The total area was 499.00 km².-Geography:...

and ceased to exist as an independent administrative division.