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.
On October 1, 2005, the towns of Miyahara and Ryūhoku merged to form the new town of Hikawa.

Kumamoto Prefecture

Kumamoto (capital)

Wards of Kumamoto	Chūō Higashi Kita Minami Nishi

Cities	Amakusa Arao Aso Hitoyoshi Kami-Amakusa Kikuchi Kōshi Minamata Tamana Uki Uto Yamaga Yatsushiro

Amakusa District	Reihoku

Ashikita District	Ashikita Tsunagi

Aso District	Minamioguni Oguni Takamori Minamiaso Nishihara Ubuyama

Kamimashiki District	Kashima Kōsa Mashiki Mifune Yamato

Kikuchi District	Kikuyō Ōzu

Kuma District	Asagiri Nishiki Taragi Yunomae Itsuki Kuma Mizukami Sagara Yamae

Shimomashiki District	Misato

Tamana District	Gyokutō Nagasu Nagomi Nankan

Yatsushiro District	Hikawa

List of mergers in Kumamoto Prefecture

Coordinates: 32°35′05″N 130°40′23″E / 32.58472°N 130.67306°E / 32.58472; 130.67306

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