- Mizobe, Kagoshima
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Mizobe (溝辺町; -chō) was a town located in Aira District, Kagoshima, Japan.
On November 7, 2005 Mizobe was merged with the towns of Kirishima (old), Fukuyama, Hayato, Makizono and Yokogawa, all from Aira District, and the old city of Kokubu, to form the new city of Kirishima and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,615 and a density of 135.67 persons per km². The total area was 63.50 km². The area to the west and east are mountainous while farmlands are within the valley areas.
Kagoshima's airport is to the south with a runway of nearly 2 km.
It is accessed with the Kyūshū Expressway in the south at the 24th interchange and is known as Mizobe-Kagoshima Airport interchange which was opened on November 29, 1976 and expanded northward on March 22, 1980.
Mizobe has a school, a middle school, a train station and a square.
It is bounded by Kajiki to the south.
Economy
When Mizobe existed, Japan Air Commuter had its headquarters in the Kagoshima Airport Building Annex in Mizobe.[1]
References
- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 23–29, 1994. "Japan Air System" 95.
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