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Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto

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Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto

Yatsushiro (八代郡, Yatsushiro-gun) is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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Map of Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

As of the Yatsushiro merger (but with 2003 population estimates), the district has an estimated population of 13,524 and a density of 406 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 33.29 km².

Towns and villages

  • Hikawa

    • Mergers

    See Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan.
  • On August 1, 2005, the municipalities of Izumi, Kagami, Sakamoto, Senchō and Tōyō merged into the city of Yatsushiro.
  • On October 1, 2005, the towns of Miyahara and Ryūhoku merged to form the new town of Hikawa.

    • References

    Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA