Yasu District, Shiga

Yasu (野洲郡, Yasu-gun) was a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Map of Yasu District with Meiji period (1890) area in yellow.

On October 1, 2004, the former town of Yasu absorbed the town of Chūzu, effectively turning Yasu District into Yasu City.^[1] Therefore, Yasu District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 49,155 and a density of 799.92 persons per km². The total area was 61.45 km².

Former Towns and villages

• Chūzu
• Yasu

Transition

Light blue autonomies are Yasu District's town, deep blue autonomies are Yasu District's village, and gray autonomies are others.

April 1, 1889	1889 - 1926	1927 - 1954	1955 - 1989		1990 -	Now
Moriyama (守山)	February 1, 1904 Moriyama	July 10, 1941 Moriyama	January 15, 1955 Moriyama	July 1, 1970 Moriyama City	Moriyama	Moriyama
Kurita D Mononobe (物部) Village	Kurita D Mononobe
Ozu (小津)	Ozu	Ozu
Tamatsu (玉津)	Tamatsu	Tamatsu
Kawanishi (河西)	Kawanishi	Kawanishi
Hayano (速野)	Hayano	Hayano
Nakasu (中洲)	Nakasu	Nakasu	March 1, 1957 incorpotation into Moriyama
			March 1, 1957 incorpotation into Chūzu	Chūzu	October 1, 2004 Yasu City	Yasu
Hyōzu (兵主)	Hyōzu	Hyōzu	April 1, 1955 Chūzu
Nakasato (中里)	Nakasato	Nakasato
Yasu (野洲)	October 17, 1911 Yasu	May 20, 1942 Yasu	April 1, 1955 Yasu
Mikami (三上)	Mikami
Giō (義王)	August 22, 1894 rename Giō (祇王)	Giō
Shinohara (篠原)	Shinohara	Shinohara
Kitasato (北里)	Kitasato	Kitasato	March 3, 1955 incorpotation into Ōmihachiman (近江八幡) City		Ōmihachiman	Ōmihachiman