Inasa,_Shizuoka

Inasa, Shizuoka

Inasa, Shizuoka

Former municipality in Chūbu, Japan

Inasa (引佐町, Inasa-chō) was a town located in Inasa District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Inasa became a town on May 1, 1955.

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As of April 1, 2005, the town had an estimated population of 14,481 and a density of 119.5 persons per km2. The total area was 121.18 km2.

On July 1, 2005, Inasa, along with the cities of Tenryū and Hamakita, the town of Haruno (from Shūchi District), the towns of Hosoe and Mikkabi (all from Inasa District), the towns of Misakubo and Sakuma, the village of Tatsuyama (all from Iwata District), and the towns of Maisaka and Yūtō (both from Hamana District), was merged into the expanded city of Hamamatsu,[1][2]

and is now part of Kita-ku, Hamamatsu City.

Sister cities

Inasa used to be a sister city with Chehalis, Washington, in the United States.

References

  1. [1]
    浜松市. "合併の経緯". 浜松市公式ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-07. 平成17年7月1日、浜松市、浜北市、天竜市、舞阪町、雄踏町、細江町、引佐町、三ヶ日町、春野町、佐久間町、水窪町及び龍山村の12市町村が合併して、新しい浜松市が誕生しました。
  2. [2]
    住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 142. Tenryu-shi, Hamakita-shi, Haruno-cho, Tatsuyama-mura, Sakuma-cho, Misakubo-cho, Maisaka-cho, Yuto-cho, Hosoe-cho, Inasa-cho, and　Mikkabi-cho were incorporated into Hamamatsu-shi as of July 1, 2005.


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