was a
town
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located in the
Higashimatsuura District
is a Districts of Japan, district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan. At the present it has only one List of towns in Japan, town.
As of April 1, 2021, the district has an estimated population of 5,211 and a population density, density of 145 per ...
of
Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasak ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 7,203 and a
density
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of 190.00 persons per km². The total area was 37.91 km².
On January 1, 2005, Chinzei, along with the towns of
Hamatama,
Hizen
was an old province of Japan in the area of the Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. It was sometimes called , with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo. The province was included in Saikaidō. It did not inclu ...
,
Kyūragi,
Ōchi and
Yobuko, and the village of
Kitahata (all from
Higashimatsuura District
is a Districts of Japan, district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan. At the present it has only one List of towns in Japan, town.
As of April 1, 2021, the district has an estimated population of 5,211 and a population density, density of 145 per ...
), was merged into the expanded city of
Karatsu
is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Its name, formed from the Japanese word roots 唐 ''kara'' (China, or continental East Asia in general), and 津 ''tsu'' (port), signifies its historical importance as a ...
.
Chinzei is very close to the ruins of the huge
Nagoya Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan.
Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the ...
map, from which Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched his invasions of Korea from 1592 to 1598. There is
Saga Prefecture Castle Museumthere. To the north on the Hado peninsula is th
ReferencesChinzei History (2006)
(鎮西町史) published by the former Chenzei Town government (Chinzei-Chou)
Chinzei History
External links
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Japanese pages:
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Japanese Wikipedia Page
Dissolved municipalities of Saga Prefecture
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