was a
city
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located in
Mie,
Japan
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. The city was founded on August 1, 1970.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated
population
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of 41,669 and the
density
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of 610.98 persons per km
2. The total area was 68.20 km
2.
On January 1, 2006, Hisai, along with the towns of
Anō,
Geinō and
Kawage, the village of
Misato (all from
Age District), the towns of
Hakusan,
Ichishi and
Karasu, and the village of
Misugi (all from
Ichishi District), was merged into the expanded city of
Tsu 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' ...
.
Since 1999 Hisai City has been operating 4 wind turbines with a total capacity of 3 MW which amounts to about 16% of the city's power demand.
References
External links
Official website of Tsu
Dissolved municipalities of Mie Prefecture
Populated places disestablished in 2006
Populated places established in 1970
1970 establishments in Japan
2006 disestablishments in Japan
Tsu, Mie
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