was a

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located in Maniwa District,

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. As of 2003, the village had an estimated

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of 2,946 and a

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of 48.15 persons per km². The total area was 61.19 km². On March 31, 2005, Yatsuka, along with the town of Hokubō (from Jōbō District), and towns of Katsuyama, Kuse, Ochiai and Yubara, and the villages of

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, Kawakami and Mikamo (all from Maniwa District) were merged to create the city of

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Geography

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: *

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s: Asahi River (The big-3 river through Okayama Prefecture)

Adjoining municipalities

** Yubara ** Kawakami **

Tottori Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, least populous prefecture of Japan at 538,525 (2023) and has a geographic area of . ...

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(Former Sekigane town)

Economy

Agriculture

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(

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)

Education

*Yatsuka Elementary School *Hiruzen Junior High School *Okayama Prefectural Hiruzen High School

Transportation

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: **

Yonago Expressway The is a national expressway in the Chūgoku region of Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company. Overview The expressway is officially referred to as the Chūgoku-Ōdan Expressway Okayama Yonago Route. The route conne ...

***Hiruzen Interchange (Kawakami) *

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: ** Route 313 ** Route 482 * Prefectural roads: **Okayama Prefectural Route 324 (Higashikayabe-Shimofukuda) **Okayama Prefectural Route 325 (Bessho-Shimonagata) **Okayama Prefectural Route 422 (Hiruzen Kōgen) **Okayama Prefectural Route 702 (Yatsuka-Kawakami cycling road) * Roadside Station **Hiruzen Kōgen

Notable places and events

*Mount Hiruzen * *Hiruzen Jersey Land *Kamihiruzen

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File:Hiruzen 01.jpg, Mount Hiruzen Hiruzen kogen -02.jpg, Hiruzen plateau File:Hiruzen Jersey Land 01.jpg, Hiruzen Jersey Land

References

External links

Official website of Maniwa
in Japanese Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Maniwa {{Okayama-geo-stub