Yatsuka District, Shimane
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was a
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located in
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,
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. As of 2003, the district had an estimated
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of 59,733 and a
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of 169.95 persons per km2. The total area was 351.47 km2. Yatsuka District is notable for being the birthplace of sumo wrestler Jinmaku, the 12th
Yokozuna , or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers ('' rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the o ...
in 1829. Yatsuka was known as
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at the time. Jinmaku is renowned for being the only wrestler never to lose a bout as Yokozuna.


Towns and villages

* Higashiizumo * Kashima * Mihonoseki * Shimane * Shinji * Tamayu * Yatsuka * Yakumo


Merger

*On March 31, 2005 - the towns of Kashima, Mihonoseki, Shimane, Shinji, Tamayu and Yatsuka, and the village of Yakumo were merged into the expanded city of
Matsue is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. , the city had an estimated population of 196,748 in 91287 households and a population density of 340 persons per km². The total area of ...
. *On August 1, 2011 - the town of Higashiizumo was merged into the expanded city of Matsue. Yatsuka District was dissolved as a result of this merger.


References

Former districts of Shimane Prefecture {{Shimane-geo-stub