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Yashio is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, in the central Kantō region of Japan., the city had an estimated population of 86,854 and a population density of 4820 persons per km². Its total area was 18.02sqkm.GeographyLocated in far southeastern Saitama Prefecture at an elevation of only three meters above sea level, Yashio is on the central reaches of the Naka River, and is approximately 20 kilometers from downtown Tokyo.Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture Sōka Misato Adachi-ku Katsushika-kuHistoryThe area of modern Yoshikawa was tenryō territory within Shimōsa Province during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The village of Yashio was created within Minamisaitama District, Saitama with the merger of the villages of Shiodome, Hachijō and Yahata on 28 September 1956. It was raised to town status on 1 October 1964 and to city status on 15 January 1972.