was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Yuri District,
Akita Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its ge ...
,
Japan
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.
In 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 5,883 and a
density
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of 60.94 persons per km². The total area was 96.53 km².
On March 22, 2005, Yuri, along with the city of
Honjō; and the towns of
Chōkai,
Higashiyuri,
Iwaki,
Nishime,
Ōuchi and
Yashima (all from
Yuri District), merged to create the city of
Yurihonjō
is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 76,077 in 30,639 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is .
Geography
Yurihonjō is located in southwest corner of Akita Pr ...
.
Notable people
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Ryōzō Katō
is a Japanese lawyer and career diplomat who served as the Japanese Ambassador to the United States from 2001 to 2008. He also served as the Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Career
Kato worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
*
Akira Komatsu
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career High school
He played in the 59th All Japan High School Soccer Tournament in 1981 as a striker scoring a goal from 50 metres for Akita Nishime High School.
Club
He played nine seasons ...
External links
Yuri official website
Dissolved municipalities of Akita Prefecture
Yurihonjō
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