is a city

Cities of Japan

||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Aichi

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, which was founded on October 1, 1937. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population

Population

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 of 114,336 and the density

Population density

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 of 2,421.35 persons per km². The total area is 47.22 km².

Influenced by the opening of a Dow Chemical Company

Dow Chemical Company

The Dow Chemical Company is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. As of 2007, it is the second largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization .Dow...

 plant in Handa, the city has a sister city to Midland, Michigan

Midland, Michigan

Midland is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan in the Tri-Cities region of the state. It is the county seat of Midland County. The city's population was 41,863 as of the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area....

, USA, the world headquarters of the corporation http://www.midland-mi.org/government/manager/sistercity.htm.

Handa also has sister city links with Port Macquarie in Australia, and Xuzhou

Xuzhou

Xuzhou , otherwise known as Pengcheng in ancient times, is a major city in and the fourth largest prefecture-level city of Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China...

 City in China. http://www.handakokusai.ecnet.jp/katsudo/activities_in_heisei_19.htm

Handa has a strong historical connection with vinegar brewing, and remains the worldwide headquarters of the Mizkan

Mizkan

is a Japanese company that produces vinegars , mustards, jellies, salad dressings, authentic Asian sauces, and other food products. It is based in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, near Nagoya. It was officially registered as a corporate entity in July 1977.Mizkan's products are marketed in Asia, North...

Vinegar Group http://www.mizkan.net/profile/index.html

External links

Official website
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