| Minamiise | |||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Town | ||||
| Motto: | "海、山と風がそよぐ自然豊かなまち" Translation: A Town with Plentiful Nature and Ocean and Mountains Rustled by the Wind | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||||
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| Coordinates: | 34.35°N 178°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Kansai | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Mie | ||||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Watarai | ||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||
| Leader Name: | Takumi Koyama | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 242.98 | ||||
| Population Total: | 11,745 | ||||
| Population As Of: | August 2021 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time | ||||
| Utc Offset1: | +9 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Phone number | ||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0599-66-1111 | ||||
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Address | ||||
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Gokashoura, Minamiise-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie Prefecture 516-0194 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfa | ||||
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thumb|Minamiise Town Hall is a town located in Watarai District, Mie Prefecture, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 11,745 in 5752 households and a population density of 48 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the town was 241.89sqkm.
Minamiise occupies a ria coastal region with numerous deeply indented bays located in the eastern part of the Kii Peninsula in central Mie Prefecture, along the Kumano Sea. Parts of Minamiise are inside Ise-Shima National Park.
Mie Prefecture
Minamiise has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Minamiise is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around .
Per Japanese census data,[2] the population of Minamiise has decreased rapidly over the past 70 years and is now much less the it was a century ago.
The area of Minamiise was once part of the ancient Shima Province, and was transferred to Ise Province in 1582. The village of Gokasho was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to town status in 1940. Gokasho merged with the neighboring villages of Honohara, Minami and Shikutaso to form the town of Nansei in 1955. On October 1, 2005, Nansei merged with the town of Nantō to form the town of Minamiise.
Minamiise has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 14 members. Minamiise, collectively with the other municipalities in Watari District, contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
The economy of Minamiise is dominated by commercial fishing, including the raising of pearl oysters. Most of the business center around main town centers of Nansei and Nanto.
Minamiise has three public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Board of Education.