# Sanbu, Chiba

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sanbu
| official_name = 
| native_name = {{nobold|山武町}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| settlement_type = Former municipality
| other_name = 
| image_map = Chiba-Sanbu-town.png
| map_caption = Location of Sanbu in [Chiba Prefecture](/source/Chiba_Prefecture)
| pushpin_map = Japan
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|35|38|27|N|140|22|12|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Japan
| subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/List_of_regions_of_Japan)
| subdivision_name1 = [Kantō](/source/Kant%C5%8D_region)
| subdivision_type2 = [Prefecture](/source/Prefectures_of_Japan)
| subdivision_name2 = [Chiba Prefecture](/source/Chiba_Prefecture)
| subdivision_type3 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Japan)
| subdivision_name3 = [Sanbu](/source/Sanbu_District%2C_Chiba)
| extinct_title = Merged
| extinct_date = March 27, 2006<br />(now part of [Sanmu](/source/Sanmu%2C_Chiba))
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = 
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1 = 
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 52.05
| population_total = 19,779
| population_as_of = February 1, 2006
| population_density_km2 = 380
| timezone1 = [JST](/source/Japan_Standard_Time)
| utc_offset1 = +09:00
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 
| blank_name_sec1 = City hall address
| blank_info_sec1 = 
| module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes
 | tree = [Cryptomeria](/source/Cryptomeria)
 | flower = [Lilium auratum](/source/Lilium_auratum)
 | bird = 
 | butterfly = 
 | fish = 
}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Sambu'''|山武町|Sanbu-machi}} was a [town](/source/List_of_towns_in_Japan) located in [Sanbu District](/source/Sanbu_District%2C_Chiba), [Chiba Prefecture](/source/Chiba_Prefecture), [Japan](/source/Japan).

Sanbu Town was formed on March 1, 1955 through the merger of the villages of Mutsuoka and Hyūga.

On March 27, 2006, Sanbu, along with the towns of [Matsuo](/source/Matsuo%2C_Chiba) and [Narutō](/source/Narut%C5%8D%2C_Chiba), and the village of [Hasunuma](/source/Hasunuma%2C_Chiba) (all from [Sanbu District](/source/Sanbu_District%2C_Chiba)), was merged to create the city of [Sanmu](/source/Sanmu%2C_Chiba),<ref>{{Cite web |title=総務省｜令和2年版　地方財政白書｜資料編　〔附属資料〕　昭和60年度以降の市町村合併の実績 |trans-title=Record of Municipal Mergers Since Showa 60 |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_seisaku/hakusyo/chihou/32data/2020data/r02czs05-03.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=総務省 |language=ja}}</ref> and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.

The city name of Sanmu is written with the same ''[kanji](/source/kanji)'' as Sambu, but is pronounced differently.

As of February 1, 2006, (the last census data prior to the merger) the town had an estimated population of 19,779 and a [population density](/source/population_density) of 380 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 52.05&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

== References ==
{{Refs}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.town.sambu.chiba.jp/ Sanbu official website] {{in lang|ja}} (Archive)
* [https://www.city.sammu.lg.jp/ Sanmu official website] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture
Category:Sanmu

{{Chiba-geo-stub}}

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