Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto

Location of Yatsushiro District in Kumamoto Prefecture

Yatsushiro (八代郡, Yatsushiro-gun) is a district located in 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.^[1]

• On October 1, 2005, the towns of Miyahara and Ryūhoku merged to form the new town of Hikawa.^[2]

References

1. "総務省｜令和2年版　地方財政白書｜資料編　〔附属資料〕　昭和60年度以降の市町村合併の実績" [Record of Municipal Mergers Since Showa 60]. 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-28.
2. "総務省｜令和2年版　地方財政白書｜資料編　〔附属資料〕　昭和60年度以降の市町村合併の実績" [Record of Municipal Mergers Since Showa 60]. 総務省 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-28.

32°35′05″N 130°40′23″E