Akita Prefecture
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| Akita Prefecture | |||||||||
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| Capital | Akita (city) | ||||||||
| Region | Tōhoku | ||||||||
| Island | Honshu | ||||||||
| Governor | Norihisa Satake | ||||||||
| Area (rank) | 11,612.22 km² (6th) | ||||||||
| - % water | 0.7% | ||||||||
| Population (2010-10-01[1]) | |||||||||
| - Population | 1,106,050 (37th) | ||||||||
| - Density | 95.2 /km² | ||||||||
| Districts | 6 | ||||||||
| Municipalities | 25 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-05 | ||||||||
| Website | www.pref.akita.jp/koho/foreign/en/index.html | ||||||||
| Prefectural Symbols | |||||||||
| - Flower | Fuki (a kind of butterbur, Petasites japonicus) | ||||||||
| - Tree | Akita-sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) | ||||||||
| - Bird | Copper pheasant (Phasianus soemmerringii) | ||||||||
| - Fish | |||||||||
 Symbol of Akita Prefecture |
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Akita Prefecture (秋田県 Akita-ken) is a prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan on the island of Honshu.[2] The capital city is Akita.[3]
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History[change]
The area of Akita was created from Dewa Province and Mutsu Province.[2]
Geography[change]
Akita Prefecture faces the Sea of Japan. It is bordered by Aomori Prefecture in the north, Iwate Prefecture in the east, Miyagi Prefecture in the southeast, and Yamagata Prefecture in the south.
Cities[change]
There are 13 cities in Akita Prefecture:
National Parks[change]
National Parks are established in about 11% of the total land area of the prefecture.[4] including
Shrines and Temples[change]
Ōmonoimi jinja and Tsutsukowake jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.[6]
Related pages[change]
References[change]
- ↑ National Census 2010 Preliminary Results
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780; "Tōhoku" at p. 970.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Akita" at p. 20.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture"; retrieved 2012-9-4.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, "Towada-Hachimantai National Park"; retrieved 2012-9-4.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2; retrieved 2012-9-4.
Other websites[change]
Media related to Akita Prefecture at Wikimedia Commons- Official Akita Prefecture website (English)
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