Yatsuo, Toyama
dissolved municipality in Nei district, Toyama prefecture, Japan
Yatsuo (八尾町, Yatsuo-machi) was a town located in Nei District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It was famous for Owara Kaze no bon festival.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,105 and a density of 93.33 persons per km2. The total area was 236.86 km2.
On April 1, 2005, Yatsuo, along with the towns of Ōsawano and Ōyama (both from Kaminiikawa District), the town of Fuchū, and the villages of Hosoiri and Yamada (all from Nei District), was merged into the expanded city of Toyama.
“Yatsuo, Toyama” enters the record as dissolved municipality in Nei district, Toyama prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Yatsuo, Toyama and dissolved can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8050284. VIAF identifies the subject as 251146321. Authority coordinates are 36.585, 137.140. 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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