Yasuzuka
安塚町
Former municipality
Flag of Yasuzuka
Official seal of Yasuzuka
CountryJapan
RegionHokuriku
PrefectureNiigata Prefecture
DistrictHigashikubiki District
MergedJanuary 1, 2005
(now part of Jōetsu)
Area
  Total70.23 km2 (27.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)
  Total3,521
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
Wards in Jōetsu City.

Yasuzuka (安塚町, Yasuzaka-machi) was a town located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 3,521 and a density of 50.14 persons per km². The total area was 70.23 km².

On January 1, 2005, Yasuzuka, along with the villages of Maki, Ōshima and Uragawara (all from Higashikubiki District), the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa (all from Nakakubiki District), and the town of Nadachi (from Nishikubiki District), was merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu.

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