Yasaka, Shimane
dissolved municipality in Naka district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
Yasaka (弥栄村, Yasaka-mura) was a village located in Naka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,718 and a density of 16.28 persons per km2. The total area was 105.50 km2.
On October 1, 2005, Yasaka, along with the towns of Asahi, Kanagi and Misumi (all from Naka District), was merged into the expanded city of Hamada.
“Yasaka, Shimane” enters the record as dissolved municipality in Naka district, Shimane prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Yasaka, Shimane and dissolved can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8049633. VIAF identifies the subject as 258436265. Authority coordinates are 34.778, 132.108. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003 and 2005.
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