title: Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto
text: # Yatsushiro District, Kumamoto
  
  Yatsushiro (八代郡, Yatsushiro-gun) is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
  
  As of the Yatsushiro merger (but with 2003 population estimates), the district has an estimated population of 13,524 and a density of 406 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 33.29 $km^2.$
  
  ## Towns and villages
  
  * Hikawa
  
  ## Mergers
  
      See Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan.
  * On August 1, 2005, the municipalities of Izumi, Kagami, Sakamoto, Senchō and Tōyō merged into the city of Yatsushiro.
  * On October 1, 2005, the towns of Miyahara and Ryūhoku merged to form the new town of Hikawa.
  
  32°35′05″N 130°40′23″E﻿ / ﻿32.58472°N 130.67306°E﻿ / 32.58472; 130.67306
  
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