Kihoku, Mie

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Country Japan District Kitamuro Area 257 km² Local time Tuesday 1:50 AM Prefecture Mie Prefecture		Region Kansai Phone number 0597-32-3901 Population 17,885 (Sep 2012) Bird Japanese murrelet

Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Address 495-8 Aikga, Kihoku-chō, Kitamuro-gun, Mie-ken 519-5701 Weather 7°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 96% Humidity Points of interest Tengukurayama, Binshiyama, Chorakuji, 清五郎滝(第一の滝）

Kihoku (紀北町, Kihoku-chō) is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2012, the town had an estimated population of 17,885 and a population density of 69.6 persons per km². The total area was 257.01 km².

Map of Kihoku, Kitamuro District, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Geography

Kihoku is located in southeastern the Kii Peninsula in southern Mie Prefecture, facing the Pacific Ocean. Kihoku is surrounded by river, sea, and mountain, and has a beautiful setting.

Neighboring municipalities

Mie Prefecture

Owase, Mie

Ōdai, Mie

Taiki, Mie

Nara Prefecture

Kamikitayama, Nara

History

The town of Kihoku was established on October 11, 2005 by the merger of the towns Kii-Nagashima and Miyama.

Economy

Kihoku serves as a commercial center for the surrounding region. Commercial fishing and forestry are the major employers. A well-known product of the former town of Miyama is saury sushi because of the large local catch of saury. At Kihoku, there is the static inverter plant of Kii Channel HVDC system.