Enuma District, Ishikawa
former district in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan
Enuma (江沼郡, Enuma-gun) was a district located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 9,801 with a density of 63.48 persons per km2. The total area was 154.39 km2.
Municipalities
Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one town:
Yamanaka
Notes
History
District Timeline
Recent mergers
On October 1, 2005 - The town of Yamanaka was merged into the expanded city of Kaga. Therefore, Enuma District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Enuma District, Ishikawa” as former district in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as former district in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5380885. VIAF identifies the subject as 259596613. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2003 and 2005.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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