Takahata

Takahata is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2015, the city had an predicted populace of 23,755, and a populace density of 132 individuals per km². The total vicinity is 180.26 square kilometres. The vicinity of present-day Takahata changed into part of historical Dewa Province. During the Edo duration, it was a castle town for ruled through a branch of the Oda clan till their switch to Tendo Domain, and afterwards a component become controlled with the aid of the Yonezawa Domain.

After the begin of the Meiji period, the region became a part of Higashiokitama District, Yamagata Prefecture. The modern-day village of Takahata was installed on April 1, 1889. It was multiplied to city repute on December 12, 1895, and the kanji used to put in writing its call assumed its present shape in January 1905. Takahata has six basic colleges, four middle schools and one high faculty. The economic system of Takahata is based totally on agriculture and forestry.