thumb|250px|Location of Yatsushiro District in Kumamoto Prefecture

is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

As of the Yatsushiro merger (but with 2003 population estimates), the district has an estimated population of 13,524 and a density of 406 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 33.29&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

Towns and villages

  • Hikawa

Mergers

:See Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan.

  • On August 1, 2005, the municipalities of Izumi, Kagami, Sakamoto, Senchō and Tōyō merged into the city of Yatsushiro.
  • On October 1, 2005, the towns of Miyahara and Ryūhoku merged to form the new town of Hikawa.

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