Yasu, Shiga
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Cities of Japan
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located in Shiga Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, which forms part of the Kansai region on Honshu Island. The capital is the city of Ōtsu.- History :Shiga was known as Ōmi Province or Gōshū before the prefectural system was established...
, Japan
Japan
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. The city was formed on October 1, 2004, by the merger of the towns of Yasu and Chūzu
Chuzu, Shiga
was a town located in Yasu District, Shiga, Japan.On October 1, 2004 Chūzu was merged with the former town of Yasu, also from Yasu District, to form the new city of Yasu....
; in doing so, the former Yasu District
Yasu District, Shiga
Yasu was a district located in Shiga, Japan. The district was dissolved when Chūzu and Yasu towns merged on Oct. 1, 2004, effectively turning Yasu District into Yasu City....
was dissolved.
As of August 1, 2011 the city has an estimated population
Population
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of 50,583. The total area is 80.15 km².
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