Seki, Mie

Seki 関町
Former municipality
former Seki town hall
Location of Seki in Mie Prefecture
Seki Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°51′17″N 136°23′27″E
Country	Japan
Region	Kansai (Kinki)
Prefecture	Mie Prefecture
District	Suzuka
Merged	February 11, 2005 (now part of Kameyama)
Area
• Total	79.88 km2 (30.84 sq mi)
Population  (November 1, 2005)
• Total	7,277
• Density	91.1/km2 (236/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
Bird	Japanese pheasant
Flower	Satsuki
Tree	Cryptomeria

Seki (関町, Seki-cho) was a town located in Suzuka District, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

As of November 1, 2004 (the last official figures before its dissolution), the town had an estimated population of 7,277 and a population density of 91.1 persons per km². The total area was 79.88 km².

The town of Seki was founded on April 1, 1889 with the early Meiji period establishment of municipalities. From the late Nara period through the Edo period, it had existed as Seki-juku, a post town on the Tōkaidō connecting the capital of Japan with the eastern provinces.

On January 11, 2005, Seki was merged into the expanded city of Kameyama and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality.

External links

• Official website of Kameyama (in Japanese)