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Coordinates:39°08′37.7″N141°08′20.3″E / 39.143806°N 141.138972°E /39.143806; 141.138972

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Former municipality in Tōhoku, Japan

Mizusawa 水沢市
Former municipality
Hidaka Fire Prevention Festival [ja]
Flag Emblem
Location of Mizusawa inIwate Prefecture
Mizusawa Location in Japan
Coordinates:39°08′37.7″N141°08′20.3″E / 39.143806°N 141.138972°E /39.143806; 141.138972
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Iwate Prefecture
District	Isawa
Merged	February 20, 2006 (now part ofŌshū)
Area
• Total	96.92 km² (37.42 sq mi)
Population (September 1, 2005)
• Total	60,239
• Density	621.53/km² (1,609.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Symbols

Bird	Eurasian skylark
Flower	Weeping sakura
Tree	Maple

Mizusawa (水沢市,Mizusawa-shi) was acity located inIwate Prefecture,Japan. In February 2006, it was merged with neighboring cities to form the city ofŌshū. At that time, Mizusawa had an estimatedpopulation of 60,239 and apopulation density of 621.53 persons per km². The total area was 96.92 km² (37.42 sq mi).

Mizusawa was home to one of the sixInternational Latitude Observatories, whereHisashi Kimura was chief astronomer.^[1] It is now home toNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, while the original observatory has been converted into a museum honoring Kimura.

Municipal history

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On April 1, 1889, the town of Mizusawa was created due to the establishment of the modern municipalities system (shichōson-sei).

On April 1, 1954, Mizusawa became a city when the town absorbed the neighboring villages of Anetai, Shinjo, Sakuragawa, Kuroishi and Haneda.

On February 20, 2006, Mizusawa, along with the city ofEsashi, the towns ofIsawa andMaesawa, and the village ofKoromogawa (all fromIsawa District), was merged to create the city ofŌshū, and no longer exists as an independentmunicipality.