Katsuyama, Okayama

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This article is about the town in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. For the Japanese city, see Katsuyama, Fukui. There is also another town with the same name in Fukuoka Prefecture, see Katsuyama, Fukuoka.

Katsuyama (勝山町, Katsuyama-chō^?) was a town located in Maniwa District, Okayama, Japan. On March 31, 2005, Katsuyama and several nearby municipalities merged to form the new city of Maniwa.

In 2003 the town had an estimated population of 9,027 and a density of 65.04 persons per km². The total area was 138.79 km².

To coincide with the 2005 merger, Katsuyama residents were given a book commemorating the last 50 years of Katsuyama's existence as a town and a special purple cloth with the town logo imprinted on it.

Local to Katsuyama is the Kanba waterfall (kanba no taki) which is home to wild monkeys.