This article is about the former town in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. There is a Japanese city with this name, see Yamato, Kanagawa. For other uses, see Yamato.
Yamato (大和町 Yamato-machi?) was a town located in Yamato District, Fukuoka, Japan. On March 21, 2005, Yamato merged into the city of Yanagawa. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 16,943 and a density of 743.77 persons per km². The total area was 22.78 km².
History
The town was established as a village in 1907, and promoted to a town in 1952.
External links
- Yamato official website in Japanese
