is a

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located in Inabe 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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. , the town had an estimated

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of 25,887 in 10027 households and a

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of 1100 persons per km². The total area of the town was .

Geography

Tōin is located near the far northeastern tip of the

Kii Peninsula The is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan and is located within the Kansai region. It is named after the ancient Kii Province. The peninsula has long been a sacred place in Buddhism, Shinto, and Shugendo, and many people wou ...

. The Inabe River flows eastward in the center of the town, and as it goes to the north it forms a gentle hill with an elevation of about 100 meters. The city with an administrative area is approximately five kilometers east-west by 7.3 kilometers north-south.

Neighboring municipalities

Mie Prefecture * Inabe * Kuwana *

Yokkaichi is a Cities of Japan, city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located ...

Climate

Tōin has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Tōin population statistics
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History

The area of Tōin is part of ancient

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 ...

and was largely administered by Kuwana Domain during the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

. With the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the villages of Daicho, Inabe and Kanda were established within Inabe District, Mie. These villages merged to form the village of Tōin on November 3, 1954. Tōin was elevated to town status on April 1, 1967.

Government

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

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town council of 14 members. Tōin, collectively with the city of Inabe, contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 4rd

Education

Tōin has six public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

20px Sangi Railway – Hokusei Line * –

Highway

* *

Notable people

* Tomoki Hoshino, professional baseball player * Matsumoto Kōshirō VII, kabuki actor

References

External links

Tōin official website
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