was a
town
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located in
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 ...
,
Mie Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 14,720 and a
density
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of 308.85 persons per km
2. The total area was 47.66 km
2.
On January 1, 2006, Ichishi, along with the city of
Hisai, the towns of
Anō,
Geinō and
Kawage, the village of
Misato Misato may refer to:
Places
*Misato, Akita, a town in Akita Prefecture
*Misato, Gunma, a town in Gunma Prefecture
*Misato, Kumamoto, a town in Kumamoto Prefecture
*Misato, Mie, a village in Mie Prefecture
*Misato, Miyagi, a town in Miyagi Prefectur ...
(all from
Age District), the towns of
Hakusan and
Karasu
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The Balkans
* A former name of the Struma River (Struma Karasu) in Bulgaria and Thrace, northern Greece
* 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 ...
.
External links
Official website of Tsu
Dissolved municipalities of Mie Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 2006
2006 disestablishments in Japan
Tsu, Mie
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