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
Katō District,
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 21,409 and a
density
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of 244.95 persons per km
2. The total area was 87.40 km
2.
On March 20, 2006, Yashiro, along with the towns of
Takino and
Tōjō (all from
Katō District), was merged to create the city of
Katō.
Yashiro was the Japanese sister city of
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington. It had a population of 55,605 at the 2020 census, making it the state of Washington's 23rd-most populous city. Olympia is the county seat of Thurston County, and the central city ...
.
References
External links
Yashiro official websitein Japanese
Dissolved municipalities of Hyōgo Prefecture
Articles containing video clips
Katō, Hyōgo
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