Yasuoka, Nagano

Yasuoka 泰阜村
Village
Yasuoka Village Hall
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Location of Yasuoka in Nagano Prefecture
Yasuoka
Coordinates: 35°22′38.6″N 137°50′45.5″E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
Prefecture	Nagano
District	Shimoina
Area
• Total	64.59 km2 (24.94 sq mi)
Population  (October 2016)
• Total	1,714
• Density	26.5/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Pine
• Flower	Erythronium japonicum
• Bird	Copper pheasant
Phone number	0260-26-2111
Address	3236-1 Yasuoka-mura, Shimoina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-1895
Website	www.vill.yasuoka.nagano.jp

Tamoro hamlet in Yasuoka

Yasuoka (泰阜村, Yasuoka-mura) is a village located in Shimoina District in far southern Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. As of 1 October 2016, the village had an estimated population of 1,714 and a population density of 26.5 persons per km². Its total area was 64.59 square kilometres (24.94 sq mi).

Geography

Yasuoka is located in mountainous far south of Nagano Prefecture. The Tenryū River runs through the northern portion of the village.

Surrounding municipalities

• Nagano Prefecture
  • IIda
  • Anan
  • Tenryū
  • Shimojō

History

The area of present-day Yasuoka was part of ancient Shinano Province. The modern village of Yasuoka established on April 1, 1889 by the establishment of the municipalities system. In the late 1930s, a large number of inhabitants from Yasuoka were esettled in Manchukuo.

Education

Yasuoka has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

• JR Tōkai – Iida Line
  • Nukuta - Tamoto - Kadoshima Karakasa - Kinno

Highway

• The village is not served by any national highway

External links

• Media related to Yasuoka, Nagano at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website Template:Ja icon