Akita Prefectur
Akita Prefectur (秋田県 Akita-ken) is a prefectur o Japan locatit in the Tōhoku region o northren Honshu, the main island o Japan.[2] The caipital is the ceety o Akita.[3]
Akita Prefecture 秋田県 | |
|---|---|
| Japanese transcription(s) | |
| • Japanese | 秋田県 |
| • Rōmaji | Akita-ken |
 Seembol | |
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| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Tōhoku |
| Island | Honshu |
| Caipital | Akita (ceety) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Norihisa Satake |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,612.22 km2 (4,483.50 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 6th |
| Population (2010-10-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,106,050 |
| • Rank | 37th |
| • Density | 95.2/km2 (247/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | JP-05 |
| Destricts | 6 |
| Municipalities | 25 |
| Flouer | Fuki (a kynd o butterbur, Petasites japonicus) |
| Tree | Akita-sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) |
| Bird | Copper pheasant (Phasianus soemmerringii) |
| Website | www.pref.akita.jp |
Notes
eedit- ↑ National Census 2010 Preliminary Results
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780 at Google Books; "Tōhoku" in p. 970 at Google Books.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Akita" in p. 20 at Google Books.
References
eedit- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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Media relatit tae Akita Prefectur at Wikimedia Commons
- Offeecial Akita Prefectur wabsteid (in Japanese)
- Offeecial Akita Prefectur wabsteid Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)
- Akita Sichtseein Guide Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)