- Fuefuki, Yamanashi
Infobox City Japan
Name= Fuefuki
JapaneseName= 笛吹市
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Region= Chūbu
Prefecture= Yamanashi
District=
Area_km2= 201.92
PopDate=
Population= 71,525
Density_km2=
Coords= coord|35|39|N|138|38|E|region:JP_type:city
Tree=Peach
Flower=Rose
Bird=Blue-and-White Flycatcher
Symbol
SymbolDescription=
Mayor=
CityHallPostalCode= 406-8510
CityHallAddress= 777 Ichibu, Isawa-chō, Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi-ken
CityHallPhone= 052-262-4111
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.fuefuki.yamanashi.jp/ City of Fuefuki]nihongo|Fuefuki|笛吹市|Fuefuki-shi is a city located in Yamanashi,
Japan .The city was founded on
October 12 ,2004 from the merger of six towns and villages from Higashiyatsushiro and Higashiyamanashi Districts.The city abosorbed the village of Ashigawa on
August 1 ,2006 . With this merger, Higashiyatsushiro District was dissolved.Geography
urrounding municipalities
The following municipalities surrounding the city clockwise starting from Kōfu.
*Kōfu
*Yamanashi
*Kōshū
*Otsuki
*Fujikawaguchiko,Minamitsuru District History
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October 12 ,2004 - The city was founded when the municipalities of Isawa, Misaka, Ichinomiya, Yatsushiro, Sakaigawa from Higashiyatsushiro District and the town of Kasugai from Higashiyamanashi District merged.
**The name refers to the Fuefuki River that flows through the city. The city hall is located at the former Isawa Town Hall, and other former towns and village halls were converted to satellite offices.
*August 1 ,2006 - Absorbed the village of Ashigawa from Higashiyatsushiro District.ister Cities or City Twinnings
Within Japan
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Tateyama, Chiba
*:May 1973 (from the former town of Isawa)
*Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
*:July 1962 (from the former town of Misaka)
*Ichinomiya,Chosei District, Chiba
*:April 1982 (from the former town of Ichinomiya)
*Yui,Ihara District, Shizuoka
*:April 1989 (from the former town of Yatsushiro)
*Tainai, Niigata (from the former town of Nakajo inKitakanbara District, Niigata )
*:October 1996 (from the former village of Sakaigawa)
*Sado, Niigata (from the former town of Aikawa in Sado District)
*:October 1989 (from the former town of Kasugai)Outside Japan
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