Japan
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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 ...
> Watarai District
is a rural
district
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located in
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 ...
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Japan
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. As of September 1, 2012, the district has an estimated population of 47,309 and a
population density
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of 72.5 persons/km
2. The total area is 652.43 km
2.
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History
Watarai District was one of the traditional counties of former
Ise Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today includes most of modern Mie Prefecture. Ise bordered on Iga, Kii, Mino, Ōmi, Owari, Shima, and Yamato Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was .
History
The name of Ise appears ...
, with the exception of portions of Minamiise, which were part of
Shima Province
was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan which consisted of a peninsula in the southeastern part of modern Mie Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shima''" in . Its abbreviated name was . Shima bordered on Ise ...
until the
Sengoku period
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The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
. Modern Watarai District was established within Mie Prefecture on April 1, 1889 during the
Meiji period
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The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
establishment of municipalities, and was initially organized into four towns and 31 villages. Most of modern
Ise Ise may refer to:
Places
* Ise, Mie, a city in Japan
**Ise Grand Shrine, a Shinto shrine located in Ise, Mie
* Ise Ekiti, a city in Nigeria
*Ise, Norway, a village in Norway
*Ise Province, an ancient province of Japan
* River Ise, a tributary of th ...
and part of
Shima
Shima may refer to:
Places
, Japan
* Shima Province (志摩), one of the old provinces of Japan
* Shima, Fukuoka (志摩), a former town in Fukuoka Prefecture
* Shima, Mie (志摩), a city in Mie Prefecture
** Shima, Mie (town), a former town ...
cities were formerly part of Watarai District. Through consolidations and mergers, this was reduced to eight towns and two villages by the start of 2005.
On February 14, 2005, the towns of
Kisei and
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and the village of
Ōuchiyama merged to form the new town of
Taiki. On October 1, 2005. the towns of
Nansei and
Nantō merged to form the new town of
Minamiise. This was followed on November 1 of the same year, when the towns of
Futami and
Obata, and village of
Misono
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Career
In 2000, Misono participated in the summer v ...
merged with city of
Ise Ise may refer to:
Places
* Ise, Mie, a city in Japan
**Ise Grand Shrine, a Shinto shrine located in Ise, Mie
* Ise Ekiti, a city in Nigeria
*Ise, Norway, a village in Norway
*Ise Province, an ancient province of Japan
* River Ise, a tributary of th ...
, leaving the district with its present four towns.
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Districts in Mie Prefecture