was a city

Cities of Japan

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 located in northeastern Chiba Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...

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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Fukuoka Town was established on April 1, 1889 within Sōsa District, Chiba. It changed its name to Yōkaichiba on December 8, 1915. On March 31, 1954, the town expanded greatly through the annexation of the neighboring villages of Heiwa, Chinkai, Sōsa ,Toyosaka, Suga, Kyōkō, Yoshida, Iidaka, and Toyowa, all within Sōsa District. Yōkaichiba was elevated to city status on July 1, 1954.
On January 23, 2006 Yōkaichiba merged with the town of Nosaka

Nosaka, Chiba

was a town located in Sōsa District Chiba Prefecture, Japan.Noda and Sakae villages were established on April 1, 1889 within Sōsa District, Chiba. The two villages merged on July 17, 1954 to form Nosaka Town....

, from Sōsa District, to form the new city of Sōsa

Sosa, Chiba

is a city located in northeastern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the town had an estimated population of 38,764 and a population density of 391 persons per km². The total area was 101.78 km².-Geography:...

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