Kisosaki

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right|thumb|250px|Kisosaki Town {{nihongo|'''Kisosaki'''|木曽岬町|Kisosaki-chō}} is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. {{As of|2021|07|01}}, the town had an estimated population of 6,134 in 2518 households and a population density of 390 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="Kisosaki-hp">{{cite web|url= https://www.town.kisosaki.lg.jp/m/|title= Kisosaki town official statistics|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2021-09-05|archive-date= 2022-01-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220110165351/https://www.town.kisosaki.lg.jp/m/|url-status= dead}}</ref> The total area of the town was {{convert|15.72|sqkm|sqmi}}.

==Geography== Kisosaki is located in far northeastern Mie Prefecture on the border with Aichi Prefecture. The town is located on islands formed by the delta of the Kiso Three Rivers as they exit to Ise Bay.

===Neighboring municipalities=== Aichi Prefecture *Yatomi Mie Prefecture *Kuwana

==Climate== Kisosaki has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kisosaki is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1656 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.5 °C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/mie-prefecture/kisosaki-986335/ Kisosaki climate data]</ref>

==Demographics== Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-mie.php Kisosaki population statistics]</ref> the population of Kisosaki increased rapidly in the 1980s.

{{Historical populations | 1920 | 3,023 | 1930 | 3,004 | 1940 | 3,008 | 1950 | 3,008 | 1960 | 3,439 | 1970 | 3,358 | 1980 | 4,986 | 1990 | 7,167 | 2000 | 7,172 | 2010 | 6,855 |align = none | footnote = }}

==History== The village of Kisosaki was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to town status in 1989.

==Government== Kisosaki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of eight members. Kisosaki, collectively with the city of Kuwana, contributes four members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

==Economy== The local economy is dominated by the growing of tomatoes and by food processing industries.

==Education== Kisosaki has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

==Transportation== ===Railway=== Kisosaki is not served by any railways. The nearest station is {{STN|Yatomi|x}} or {{STN|Kintetsu-Yatomi|x}} in the nearby city of Yatomi.

===Highway=== *24px|link=|alt=E1A Isewangan Expressway * {{jct|country=JPN|Route|23}}

== Local attractions == *Kiso Three Rivers *Suigō Prefectural Natural Park

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.town.kisosaki.lg.jp/ Kisosaki official website] {{in lang|ja}}

Category:Towns in Mie Prefecture Category:Populated coastal places in Japan