Nagashima, Mie
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was a
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in Kuwana District,
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 ...
,
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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated
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of 15,667 and a
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of 493.76 persons per km2. The total area was 31.73 km2. On December 6, 2004, Nagashima, along with the town of Tado (also from Kuwana District), was merged into the expanded city of Kuwana and thus no longer exists as an independent
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
.


History

The Sieges of Nagashima took place in 1571, 1573 and 1574, finally resulting in the destruction of the
Ikkō-ikki were armed military leagues that formed in several regions of Japan in the 15th-16th centuries, composed entirely of members of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism. In the early phases, these ''ikki'' leagues opposed the rule of local Shugo, go ...
defenders by warlord
Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demo ...
. Nagashima was heavily damaged by the Isewan Typhoon in 1959.


References


External links


Official website of Kuwana
Dissolved municipalities of Mie Prefecture {{Mie-geo-stub