is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in

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. As of April 2012, the ward had an estimated

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of 149,314 and a

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of 7,060 persons per km². The total area was 21.16 km².

Geography

Mihawa Ward is located in northwestern Chiba Prefecture, and consists entirely of

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from

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. As such, the area is flat, and portions are below sea level. File:Mihama-ku in Chiba City.svg, Mihama Ward within Chiba File:Chiba beach.jpg, The Beach of Mihama-ku

Surrounding municipalities

* Hanamigawa Ward * Chuo Ward * Inage Ward *

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History

Being land formerly underwater, Mihama had no predecessor towns or villages before the reform of the old provincial system in 1872. Reclamation of 19 kilometers of white sand beach and

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s along the shore of Tokyo Bay began in 1912, with the construction of Japan's first civilian aerodrome. The site is commemorated today by the Inage Civil Aviation Commemoration Center. Following World War II, the expanding Tokyo Metropolis created a demand for additional factory locations and public housing. The development of the Kaihin New Town from 1969 to 1995 was one such project. With the promotion of Chiba to a designated city with additional autonomy from Chiba prefecture and the central government on April 1, 1992, Mihama Ward was created as an administrative unit. File:Mihama Ward Office, Chiba.jpg, Mihama Ward Office (Dec 11, 2011)

Economy

Mihama Ward is largely a regional commercial center and

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for central Chiba and Tokyo. The newly developed waterfront area of Kaihin Makuhari is in Mihama-ku.

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, Seiko Instruments and several other companies are headquartered in the Makuhari business district of Mihama-ku. Japan's second largest convention center

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and Chiba Marine Stadium, the home ground of the

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baseball team are located in Kaihin Makuhari.

Transportation

Railroads

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Education

Universities and colleges * Tokyo Dental College * Kanda University of International Studies * The Open University of Japan * Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences Municipal elementary and junior high schools, and one public high school in this ward (

Inage Senior High School is a senior high school located in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two municipally-controlled high schools in Chiba City. It has an affiliated junior high school (稲毛高附属中学校). The school o ...

) are operated by the Chiba City Board of Education ( 千葉市教育委員会). Municipal junior high schools: * Inage Senior High School Affiliated Junior High School (稲毛高附属中学校) * Inahama (稲浜中学校) * Isobe ( 磯辺中学校) * Makuhari Nishi (幕張西中学校) * Masago (真砂中学校) * Sawaicho No. 1 (幸町第一中学校) * Sawaicho No. 2 ( 幸町第二中学校) * Takahama ( 高浜中学校) * Takasu ( 高洲中学校) * Utase ( 打瀬中学校) Former junior high schools * Isobe No. 1 ( 磯辺第一中学校) * Isobe No. 2 (磯辺第二中学校) * Masago No. 1 (真砂第一中学校) * Masago No. 2 (真砂第二中学校) * Takasu No. 1 ( 高洲第一中学校) * Takasu No. 2 (高洲第二中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * Kaihin Utase ( 海浜打瀬小学校) * Inage No. 2 (稲毛第二小学校) * Inahama (稲浜小学校) * Isobe (磯辺小学校) * Isobe No. 3 (磯辺第三小学校) * Makuhari Nishi (幕張西小学校 * Masago No. 5 (真砂第五小学校) * Masago Higashi (真砂東小学校) * Masago Nishi (真砂西小学校) * Mihama Utase ( 美浜打瀬小学校) * Saiwaicho (幸町小学校) * Saiwaicho No. 3 ( 幸町第三小学校) * Takahama No. 1 ( 高浜第一小学校) * Takahama Kaihin (高浜海浜小学校) * Takasu ( 高洲小学校) * Takasu No. 3 (高洲第三小学校) * Takasu No. 4 (高洲第四小学校) * Utase ( 打瀬小学校) Former elementary schools: * Isobe No. 1 (磯辺第一小学校) * Isobe No. 2 (磯辺第二小学校) * Isobe No. 4 (磯辺第四小学校) * Masago No. 1 (真砂第一小学校) * Masago No. 2 (真砂第二小学校) * Masago No. 3 (真砂第三小学校) * Masago No. 4 (真砂第四小学校) * Saiwaicho No. 1 (幸町第一小学校) * Saiwaicho No. 2 (幸町第二小学校) * Saiwaicho No. 4 (幸町第四小学校) * Takahama No. 2 (高浜第二小学校) * Takahama No. 3 (高浜第三小学校) * Takasu No. 1 (高洲第一小学校) * Takasu No. 2 (高洲第二小学校) Private schools: * Makuhari Junior and Senior High SchoolAccess map
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Makuhari Junior and Senior High School. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "1-3 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0014, Japan"

Noted people from Mihama Ward

* Michihiro Ogasawara, professional baseball player * Mikiyo Ohno - singer

References

{{Authority control Greater Tokyo Area Wards of Chiba (city)