Hamakita, Shizuoka
Hamakita was a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
On April 1, 2005, the city had an estimated population of 86,653 and a density of 1,300.00 persons per km2. The total area was 66.64 km2. It is now part of ward of Hamakita when the city of Hamamatsu became a designated city on April 1, 2007.
On July 1, 2005, Hamakita, along with the city of Tenryū, the town of Haruno, the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi, the towns of Sakuma and Misakubo, the village of Tatsuyama, and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō, was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu.
The name "Hamakita" is often mistaken to come from "North of the city of Hamamatsu". However, when the town of Hamakita was formed, the town took one letter each from the component villages of Hamana Village and Kitahama Village to form the name "Hamakita".
