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Aso District, Kumamoto
Aso
is a
district
located in
Kumamoto Prefecture
,
Japan
.
As of the Aso and
Yamato
mergers
, the district has an estimated
population
of 40,841 and a
density
of
58
.1
persons per square kilometer
. The total area is 703.
01
km².
Towns and
villages
Minamioguni
Oguni
Takamori
Minamiaso
Nishihara
Ubuyama
Mergers
On
February 11
, 2005 the
old town
of Aso
absorbed
the town
of
Ichinomiya
, and
the village
of
Namino
to become the
new city
of Aso.
On February 11, 2005 the
town
of
Soyō
merged with the town of
Yabe
, and the
village
of
Seiwa
, both from
Kamimashiki District
, to form the
new town
of Yamato.
On
February 13
, 2005 the villages of
Chōyō
,
Hakusui
and
Kugino
merged to form the
new village
of
Minamiaso
.
