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Yasuoka, Nagano

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Country
  
District
  
Area
  
64.59 km²

Local time
  
Monday 5:35 PM

Prefecture
  
Region
  
Phone number
  
0260-26-2111

Population
  
1,714 (Oct 2016)


Time zone
  
Address
  
3236-1 Yasuoka-mura, Shimoina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-1895

Weather
  
10°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 82% Humidity

Yasuoka (泰阜村, Yasuoka-mura) is a village located in Shimoina District in far southern Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. As of 1 October 2016, the village had an estimated population of 1,714 and a population density of 26.5 persons per km². Its total area was 64.59 square kilometres (24.94 sq mi).

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Map of Yasuoka, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Geography

Yasuoka is located in mountainous far south of Nagano Prefecture. The Tenryū River runs through the northern portion of the village.

Surrounding municipalities

  • Nagano Prefecture
  • IIda
  • Anan
  • Tenryū
  • Shimojō
  • History

    The area of present-day Yasuoka was part of ancient Shinano Province. The modern village of Yasuoka established on April 1, 1889 by the establishment of the municipalities system. In the late 1930s, a large number of inhabitants from Yasuoka were esettled in Manchukuo.

    Education

    Yasuoka has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

    Railway

  • JR Tōkai – Iida Line
  • Nukuta - Tamoto - Kadoshima Karakasa - Kinno
  • Highway

  • The village is not served by any national highway
  • References

    Yasuoka, Nagano Wikipedia


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