Esashi, Iwate

Esashi, Iwate

Esashi (江刺市; -shi) was a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

The city was founded on November 3, 1958.

On February 20, 2006 the city of Esashi merged with the city of Mizusawa and the municipaltites of Maesawa, Isawa and Koromogawa from Isawa District to form the new city of Ōshū. The former city is now known as Esashi-ku (not like one of the wards of designated cities [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/地域自治区| see this article (in Japanese) for more info] ).

Government

*Last mayor: Masaaki Aihara (Inaugurated on March 13, 2003)

ister-Twinned cities

Overseas

*City of Greater Shepparton(Victoria, Australia)
**Became a sister city on March 3, 1979
*Reutte/Breitenwang(Tyrol, Austria)
**Became a sister city on June 7, 1991


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