Yamato, Yamaguchi

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This article is about the former town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. There is a Japanese city with this name, see Yamato, Kanagawa. For other uses including other towns and villages with the same name, see Yamato.

Yamato (大和町; -cho) was a town located in Kumage District, Yamaguchi, Japan. On October 4, 2004 the town merged with the city of Hikari and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,057 and a density of 251.08 persons per km². The total area was 32.09 km².

The town was established as a village in 1943, and promoted to a town in 1971.