was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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located in
Saga District,
Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasa ...
,
Japan. The status of Higashiyoka was changed from a village to a town on October 1, 1966.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 7,621 and a
density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ...
of 495.19 persons per km
2. The total area was 15.39 km
2.
On October 1, 2007, Higashiyoka, along with the towns of
Kawasoe and
Kubota (all from
Saga District), was merged into the expanded city of
Saga.
Dissolved municipalities of Saga Prefecture
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