Inabe

Inabe いなべ市
City
Inabe City Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Inabe in Mie Prefecture
Inabe
Coordinates: 35°6′56″N 136°33′41″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefecture	Mie
Government
• Mayor	Yasushi Hioki
Area
• Total	219.58 km2 (84.78 sq mi)
Population  (November 2012)
• Total	45,589
• Density	208/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number	0594-74-5820
Address	111 Kasada-shinden, Inabe-chō, Inabe-shi, Mie-ken 511-0293
Website	www.city.inabe.mie.jp

Inabe (いなべ市, Inabe-shi) is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

As of November 2012, the city had an estimated population of 45,589 and a population density of 208 persons per km². The total area was 219.58 km².

The modern city of Inabe was established on December 1, 2003, from the merger of the former town of Inabe, absorbing the towns of Daian, Fujiwara and Hokusei (all from Inabe District).

Geography

Inabe is located in the far northeastern tip of the Kii Peninsula, and the far northwestern corner of Mie Prefecture, along the border with Gifu and Shiga prefectures. The Inabe River flows through the city center.

Neighboring municipalities

• Mie Prefecture
  • Yokkaichi
  • Kuwana
  • Tōin
  • Komono
• Gifu Prefecture
  • Ōgaki
  • Kaizu
  • Yōrō
• Shiga Prefecture
  • Higashiōmi
  • Taga

Transportation

Railway

• Sangi Railway – Sangi Line
  • Umedoi – Daian - Misato – Nyūgawa – Ise-Hatta - Higashi-Fujiwara – Nishi-Nojiri – Nishi-Fujiwara
• Sangi Railway – Hokusei Line
  • Ōizumi – Sohara - Ohda – Ageki

Highway

• Japan National Route 306
• Japan National Route 365
• Japan National Route 421

Local attractions

• Freight Railway Museum

Notable people

• Kiyoshi Itô – mathematician
• Tatsuma Itō - tennis player
• Yūji Nishida - volleyball player

External links

Media related to Inabe, Mie at Wikimedia Commons

• Geographic data related to Inabe at OpenStreetMap
• Inabe City official website (in Japanese)