Tamayu, Shimane
dissolved municipality in Yatsuka district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
Tamayu (玉湯町, Tamayu-chō) was a Japanese town in Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture.
Population
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,063 and a density of 164.58 per km2. The total area was 36.84 km2.
History
On March 31, 2005, Tamayu, along with the towns of Kashima, Mihonoseki, Shimane, Shinji and Yatsuka, and the village of Yakumo (all from Yatsuka District), was merged into the expanded city of Matsue.
The public source identifies “Tamayu, Shimane” as dissolved municipality in Yatsuka district, Shimane prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tamayu, Shimane and dissolved.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Tamayu, Shimane”, the useful work is to connect “dissolved municipality in Yatsuka district, Shimane prefecture, Japan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3514716. VIAF identifies the subject as 132599200. The Library of Congress control number is n85315698. Authority coordinates are 35.431, 133.007. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003 and 2005.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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.
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This entry incorporates text from “Tamayu, Shimane” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.