Toba, Mie

Toba
鳥羽市

City

Overview of Toba

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Location of Toba in Mie Prefecture

Toba

Coordinates: 34°28′52.8″N 136°50′36.3″E / 34.481333°N 136.843417°ECoordinates: 34°28′52.8″N 136°50′36.3″E / 34.481333°N 136.843417°E

Kansai, Tōkai

Government

• -Mayor

Kusuichi Kida

Area

• Total

107.34 km² (41.44 sq mi)

Population (August 2015)

• Total

19,227

• Density

179/km² (460/sq mi)

Time zone

Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

City symbols

- Tree

Tachibana

- Flower

Dianthus

- Bird

Common gull

Phone number

0599-25-1112

Address

3-1-1 Toba, Toba-shi, Mie-ken 517-0011

Website

www.city.toba.mie.jp

Toba (鳥羽市, Toba-shi^?) is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

As of August 2015, the city had an estimated population of 19,227 and a population density of 179 persons per km². The total area was 107.34 square kilometres (41.44 sq mi).

Toba is located on the northern half of Shima Peninsula in far eastern Mie Prefecture, facing Ise Bay of the Pacific Ocean. The area is famous for oysters and for cultured pearls. Much of the city is within the borders of the Ise-Shima National Park.

Toba administers numerous islands in the Ise Bay, the most important of which are:

Mie Prefecture

The area of modern Toba has been continuously inhabited since before the Jomon period. During the Sengoku period, the area was under the control of pirates, from whom emerged Kuki Yoshitaka (from Nakiri district) as a dominant ruler. After having dominated the local seacoasts, he established Toba as his capital and built a castle there. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the castle became the center for Toba Domain.

In the Edo period, Toba flourished in trade and as a transshipment port between Osaka and Edo. The modern city of Toba was formed on November 1, 1954, by the merger of the town of Toba with five villages in Shima District.

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