was a
city
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located in
Mie,
Japan
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. The city was founded on August 1, 1970.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 41,669 and the
density
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of 610.98 persons per km². The total area was 68.20 km².
On January 1, 2006, Hisai, along with the towns of
Anō,
Geinō and
Kawage, the village of
Misato (all from
Age District), the towns of
Hakusan,
Ichishi and
Karasu
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Rivers
The Balkans
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* A former name of the Mest ...
, and the village of
Misugi (all from
Ichishi District
was a district located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 70,117 and a density of 150.14 persons per km2. The total area was 467.00 km2.
Until the day before the dissolution on December 31, 20 ...
), was merged into the expanded city of
Tsu and thus no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
Since 1999 Hisai City has been operating 4 wind turbines with a total capacity of 3 MW which amounts to about 16% of the city's power demand.
References
External links
Official website of Tsu
Dissolved municipalities of Mie Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 2006
Populated places established in 1970
1970 establishments in Japan
2006 disestablishments in Japan
Tsu, Mie
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