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Encyclopedia > Aso, Kumamoto

Aso (阿蘇町; -machi) is a town in Aso District, Japan.


As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 18,332 and a density of 91.95 persons per km². The total area is 199.36 km².






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Kumamoto Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (603 words)
Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the center of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four major Japanese islands.
Aso (1592 m), an extensive active volcano, is in the east of Kumamoto Prefecture.
On February 11, 2005, the municipalities of Yabe and Seiwa from Kamimashiki District and Soyo from Aso District merged to form the new town of Yamato in Kamimashiki District.
Mount Aso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (385 words)
Mount Aso (阿蘇山: Aso-san) is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world.
The central cone group of Aso consists of five mountains: Mt. Neko, Mt. Taka, Mt. Naka, Mt. Eboshi, and Mt. Kishima.
The fourth eruption (Aso 4) was the largest, with volcanic ash covering the entire Kyushu region and even extending to Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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