Yaese, Okinawa

Town in Kyushu, Japan

Yaese Flag Seal
Location of Yaese in Okinawa Prefecture


Symbols

Fish	Flying fish
Flower	Marigold
Tree	Ebony

Yaese (八重瀬町, Yaese-chō Eeji mura) is a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Yaese was formed on January 1, 2006 by a merger between the town of Kochinda and the village of Gushikami.^[1]

As of October 2016, Yaese has a population of 29,488;^[2] with a population density of 1,100 persons per km². The total area of the town of Yaese is 26.90 square kilometres (10.39 sq mi).

Notable people from Yaese

Hitoe Arakaki, singer

References

^ "東風平町・具志頭村合併協議会ホームページ". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Media related to Yaese, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons
Geographic data related to Yaese, Okinawa at OpenStreetMap
Town of Yaese

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Shadow picture of Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawa Prefecture

Naha (capital)

Naha

Flag of Okinawa Prefecture

Cities

Ginowan
Ishigaki
Itoman
Miyakojima
Nago
Nanjō
Okinawa
Tomigusuku
Urasoe
Uruma

Districts

Miyako District
- Tarama
Yaeyama District
- Taketomi
- Yonaguni
Kunigami District
- Kin
- Motobu
- Ginoza
- Higashi
- Ie
- Kunigami
- Nakijin
- Onna
- Ōgimi
Nakagami District
- Chatan
- Kadena
- Nishihara
- Kitanakagusuku
- Nakagusuku
- Yomitan
Shimajiri District
- Haebaru
- Kumejima
- Yaese
- Yonabaru
- Aguni
- Iheya
- Izena
- Kitadaitō
- Minamidaitō
- Tokashiki
- Tonaki
- Zamami

List of mergers in Okinawa Prefecture

Hydrographic: Cape Hedo; Cape Irizaki; Henoko Bay; Kokuba River; Lake Man; Miyako Strait; Nakagusuku Bay

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