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About Matsumoto

Matsumoto is a metropolis placed in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto is particular as a Special city. As of one October 2016, the metropolis had an estimated population of 241,102, and a populace density of 246 individuals in line with km². Its total region is 978.47 square kilometres. Matsumoto is positioned in former Shinano Province and changed into the provincial capital from the Heian length onwards.

The location advanced as the castle metropolis of Matsumoto Domain below the Tokugawa shogunate of the Edo period. Modern Matsumoto Town turned into hooked up with the creation of the municipalities device on April 1, 1889. It was raised to city popularity on May 1, 1907. On February 1, 1925 Matsumoto absorbed the village of Matsumoto from Higashichikuma District.

The town expanded similarly by annexing the Kanda hamlet of the village of Nakayama from Higashichikuma District on April 1, 1943, Matsumoto become proclaimed a Special City with extended neighborhood autonomy on November 1, 2000. Matsumoto annexed the villages of Azumi, Azusagawa and Nagawa all from Minamiazumi District, and the village of Shiga from Higashichikuma District on April 1, 2005. This became observed via the town of Hata from Higashichikuma District on March 31, 2010.

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