was a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

located in Ogachi 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 estimated 915,691 as of 1 August 2023 and its geographi ...

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. In 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 9,041 and a

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of 29.54 persons per km². The total area was 306.02 km². On March 22, 2005, Ogachi, along with the town of Inakawa, and the village of Minase (all from Ogachi District), merged into the expanded city of Yuzawa.

Noted people from Ogachi

Kiyokuni Katsuo Kiyokuni Katsuo (born 20 November 1941 as Tadao Sato) is a former sumo wrestler from Ogachi, Akita, Ogachi, Akita Prefecture, Akita, Japan. His highest rank was ''Makuuchi#Ōzeki, ōzeki'', which he held from 1969 to 1974. He won one top division ...

, sumo wrestler * Terukuni Manzō, sumo wrestler *

Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), LDP) from 2020 to 2021. He had served as Chief Cabinet Secretary during the second administration ...

, former

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(2020-2021)

References

External links

Yuzawa official website
Dissolved municipalities of Akita Prefecture Yuzawa, Akita {{Akita-geo-stub