was a

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located in northeastern

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

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. Fukuoka Town was established on April 1, 1889, within Sōsa District, Chiba. It changed its name to Yōkaichiba on December 8, 1915. On March 31, 1954, the town expanded greatly through the annexation of the neighboring villages of Heiwa, Chinkai, Sōsa, Toyosaka, Suga, Kyōkō, Yoshida, Iidaka, and Toyowa, all within Sōsa District. Yōkaichiba was elevated to city status on July 1, 1954. On January 23, 2006, Yōkaichiba was merged with the town of

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(from Sōsa District) to create the city of

Sōsa is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 35,674 in 14,688 households and a population density of 350 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Sōsa is located in far northeaste ...

Yōkaichiba Tōshō-gū Yōkaichiba Tōshō-gū (八日市場東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Yōkaichiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. See also *Tōshō-gū *List of Tōshō-gū A Tōshō-gū (東 ...

is a local Shinto shrine.

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Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture Sōsa {{Chiba-geo-stub