Mie prefecture

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Mie prefecture (三重県 Mie-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Its population was 1,873,000 in 2006.[1]

Mie is home to several institutions of higher education, notably Mie University (三重大学 Mie Daigaku) in the city of Tsu (津).

Footnotes

  1. Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.

See also