Yamato (大和町, Yamato-machi) was a town located in Yamato District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 16,943 and a density of 743.77 persons per km2.
On March 21, 2005, Yamato, along with the town of Mitsuhashi (also from Yamato District), was merged into the expanded city of Yanagawa.
[1] The town was established as a village in 1907, and promoted to a town in 1952.
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