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located in Uda District,

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. , the village had an estimated

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of 1393 in 782 households, and a

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of 18 persons per km². The total area of the village is .

Geography

Mitsue is located in the southern portion of the Soni

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, and the upper part of the Nabari River is situated here. The entire village is mountainous, with many peaks. *

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: Mount Miune (1235 m)

Surrounding municipalities

Mie Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, 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 an ...

* Matsusaka * Tsu

* Higashiyoshino * Soni

Climate

Mitsue has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Mitsue is 12.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2174 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.1 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Mitsue is as shown below

History

The area of Mitsue was part of ancient

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. The village of Mitsue was established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system.

Government

Mitsui has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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village council of eight members. Nosegawa, collectively with the other municipalities of Ikoma District, contributes four members to the Nara Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the village is part of the

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of the

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of the

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Economy

The local economy is based on agriculture and forestry. The village is developing a new program to revitalize the forestry industry it by exporting model homes to

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, where similar wooden architecture has largely disappeared.

Education

Mitsue has one public elementary high school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railways

Mitsue does not have any passenger railway service. The nearest train stations are Haibara Station or

Nabari Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines Nabari Station is served by the Osaka Line, and is located 67.2 rail kilometers from th ...

on the Kintetsu Osaka Line Cable Line.

Highways

* *

Notable locations

* Maruyama Park * Mitsue

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* Mitsue Plateau Ranch Mitsue also hosts an annual

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festival.

References

External links

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Mitsue official website
Villages in Nara Prefecture {{Nara-geo-stub