Kushibiki, Yamagata

Kushibiki (櫛引町, Kushibiki-machi) was a town located in Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,213 and a density of 102.43 persons per km2. The total area was 80.18 km2.

On October 1, 2005, Kushibiki, along with the towns of Fujishima and Haguro, the village of Asahi (all from Higashitagawa District), and the town of Atsumi (from Nishitagawa District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuruoka, and no longer exists as an independent municipality.[1][2]

  1. ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 136.
  2. ^ 名寄市役所. "北海道名寄市｜ 姉妹都市「山形県鶴岡市」との交流事業". 北海道名寄市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-07. 平成17年10月1日に、鶴岡市・羽黒町・櫛引町・朝日村・温海町と藤島町が合併し、新「鶴岡市」となりました。