Kamo,_Okayama

Kamo, Okayama

Kamo, Okayama

Former municipality in Chūgoku, Japan

Kamo (加茂町, Kamo-chō) was a town located in Tomata District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

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As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,311 and a density of 33.35 persons per km2. The total area was 159.27 km2.

On February 28, 2005, Kamo, along with the village of Aba (also from Tomata District), the town of Shōboku (from Katsuta District), and the town of Kume (from Kume District), was merged into the expanded city of Tsuyama and no longer exists as an independent municipality.[1]

Massacre

On 21 May 1938, the town became the scene of the deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in Japanese history. A 21-year-old man murdered 30 people (including his own grandmother) and wounded three others before killing himself.[2]

Geography

Adjoining municipalities

Education

  • Kamo Elementary School
  • Kamo Junior High School

Transportation

Railways

Road

  • Prefectural roads:
    • Okayama Prefectural Route 6 (Tsuyama-Chizu-Hattō)
    • Okayama Prefectural Route 68 (Tsuyama-Kamo)
    • Okayama Prefectural Route 75 (Kamo-Okutsu)
    • Okayama Prefectural Route 118 (Kamo-Mochigase)
    • Okayama Prefectural Route 336 (Kurami-Sainotani)

References

  1. [1]
    "「合併１０年の総括と今後の展望」を作成しました". 津山市公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-14. 平成17年2月28日に津山市、加茂町、阿波村、勝北町、久米町が合併し、今年で10年を迎えました。
  2. [2]
    "理不尽な凶行、遺族ら「無念」…秋葉原無差別殺傷事件：社会：スポーツ報知". hochi.yomiuri.co.jp. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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