page_title: Sakuma, Shizuoka
hierarchical_section_title: Sakuma, Shizuoka
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 静岡県に以前存在した佐久間町の位置画像。 2005年7月1日に 浜松市, 天竜市, 浜北市, 龍山村, 舞阪町, 三ヶ日町, 水窪町, 雄踏町, 細江町, 春野町, 引佐町], 　と合併し、新しい 浜松市を新設する以前の図。 下記の出典を元に作成。 English: Map of Sakuma, Shizuoka, Japan.
context_page_description: Sakuma was a town located in Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  At the time of its merger, the town had an estimated population of 5,394 and a density of 32 persons per km². The total area was 168.53 km².
  On July 1, 2005, Sakuma, along with the cities of Tenryū and Hamakita, the town of Haruno, the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi, the town of Misakubo, the village of Tatsuyama, and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō, was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu, and is now part of Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu City.
  Sakuma is the location of the Sakuma Dam, an important hydroelectric power plant, and a frequency converter station that permits exchange of power between Japan's two different power systems. Japan's grids are also connected by two other stations, located at Higashi-Shimizu and Shin Shinano.
context_section_description: Sakuma (佐久間町 Sakuma-chō) was a town located in Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  At the time of its merger, the town had an estimated population of 5,394 and a density of 32 persons per km². The total area was 168.53 km².
  On July 1, 2005, Sakuma, along with the cities of Tenryū and Hamakita, the town of Haruno (from Shūchi District), the towns of Hosoe, Inasa and Mikkabi (all from Inasa District), the town of Misakubo, the village of Tatsuyama (all from Iwata District), and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō (both from Hamana District), was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu, and is now part of Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu City.
  Sakuma is the location of the Sakuma Dam, an important hydroelectric power plant, and a frequency converter station that permits exchange of power between Japan's two different power systems. Japan's grids are also connected by two other stations, located at Higashi-Shimizu and Shin Shinano.
caption: Location of Sakuma in Shizuoka Prefecture
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