was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Aira District,
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,599,779 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto P ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 8,615 and a
density
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of 135.67 persons per km². The total area was 63.50 km². The area to the west and east are mountainous while farmlands are within the valley areas.
On November 7, 2005, Mizobe, along with the city of
Kokubu, the towns of
Kirishima (former),
Fukuyama,
Hayato,
Makizono and
Yokogawa
is a Japanese multinational electrical engineering and software company, with businesses based on its measurement, control, and information technologies.
It has a global workforce of over 19,000 employees, 84 subsidiary and 3 affiliated compa ...
(all from
Aira District), was merged to create the city of
Kirishima and no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
Kagoshima's airport
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is to the south with a runway of nearly 2 km.
It is accessed with the
Kyūshū Expressway
(Asian Highway Network ) is one of the Expressways of Japan from Kitakyūshū (and the bridge to Honshū) to west of Kagoshima linking with the Higashikyushu Expressway and the Ibusuki Skyline. It runs through the prefectures of Fukuoka, the ea ...
in the south at the 24th interchange and is known as Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport interchange which was opened on November 29, 1976 and expanded northward on March 22, 1980.
Mizobe has a school, a middle school, a train station and a square.
It is bounded by
Kajiki to the south.
Economy
When Mizobe existed,
Japan Air Commuter
is a Japanese airline based in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture. It operates feeder services in support of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Kagoshima Airport, with hubs at Osaka International Airport, Amami Airport and Fukuoka Airport.
Hist ...
had its headquarters in the
Kagoshima Airport
is an airport located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, northeast of Kagoshima-Chūō Station[AIS Japan](_blank)
in ...
Building Annex in Mizobe.
["World Airline Directory." '']Flight International
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''. March 23–29, 1994
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References
External links
Official website of Kirishima
Dissolved municipalities of Kagoshima Prefecture
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