Yaotsu Town

Gifu Prefecture · Town

Yaotsu Town is in Kamo District on the middle Kiso River. It is known as the hometown of the diplomat Sugihara Chiune, who saved many Jews with his "visas for life," and the Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall is in The Hill of Humanity Park. Maruyama Dam on the Kiso River and the building of the former Yaotsu Power Station are also highlights.

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Population: 9,233 1,207th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −9.4% 559th in Japanfrom 10,195 in 2020
Area: 129 km² 845th in Japan
Population density: 72 people/km² 1,167th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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