Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi

山口県
Yamaguchi 山口県
Prefecture
Japanese transcription(s)
• Romaji	Yamaguchi-ken
	Flag Symbol
	Location of Yamaguchi in Japan
	Coordinates: 34°4′N 131°30′E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Island	Honshū
Capital	Yamaguchi
Government
• Governor	Tsugumasa Muraoka
Area
• Total	6,110.94 km2 (2,359.45 sq mi)
• Rank	22nd
Population (May 1, 2011)
• Total	1,445,702
• Rank	25th
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	JP-35
Prefectural flower	Bitter summer mandarin blossom (Citrus natsudaidai)
Prefectural tree	Red pine tree (Pinus densiflora)
Prefectural bird	Hooded Crane Grus monacha
Prefectural bird	Tetraodontidae (Takifugu rubripes)
Number of districts	4
Number of municipalities	19
Website	www.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/foreign/; english/

Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken) is a Japanese prefecture at the western end of the Chūgoku region on the island of Honshū.[1] The capital is the city of Yamaguchi.[2]

History

The area of Yamaguchi Prefecture includes the old provinces of Suō and Nagato.[3]

Yamaguchi is at the southern end of Honshū. The Sea of Japan forms its northern coastline; and the Seto Inland Sea is on its southern coast. Its northeastern border meets Shimane Prefecture and Hiroshima Prefecture.

There are 13 cities in Yamaguchi, including

National Parks are established in about 7% of the total land area of the prefecture.[4]

Tamanoya jinja and Sumiyoshi jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. [5]

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Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamaguchi-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 1039-1040; "Chūgoku" at p. 127.
Nussbaum, "Yamaguchi" at p. 1039.
Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture"; retrieved 2012-8-26.
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-8-26.

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