Higashiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi
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Higashiyatsushiro (東八代郡 Higashiyatsushiro-gun) was a district located in Yamanashi, Japan.
As of March 2006, the district has an estimated population of 513. The total area is 37.15 km².
On the day before the district dissolved (July 31, 2006), the district had only one village left.
On August 1, 2005, the village of Ashigawa merged into the city of Fuefuki and Higashiyatsushiro District ceased to exist.
[edit] District Timeline
- 1878 - The district founded after the Yatsushiro District split into Higashiyatsushiro and Nishiyatsushiro Districts.
- On October 12, 2004 the towns of Ichinomiya, Isawa, Misaka and Yatsushiro, and the village of Sakaigawa merged with the town of Kasugai, from Higashiyamanashi District, to form the city of Fuefuki.
- On February 20, 2006 the village of Toyotomi merged with the towns of Tamaho and Tatomi, both from Nakakoma District, to form the new city of Chūō.
- On March 1, 2006 the town of Nakamichi merged into the city of Kōfu.
- On August 1, 2006 the village of Ashigawa merged into the city of Fuefuki. Higashiyatsushiro District has been dissolved.
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