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Kagawa Prefecture
| Kagawa Prefecture | |||||||||
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| Capital | Takamatsu | ||||||||
| Region | Shikoku | ||||||||
| Island | Shikoku | ||||||||
| Governor | Keizo Hamada | ||||||||
| Area (rank) | 1,861.70 km² (47th) | ||||||||
| - % water | 2.8% | ||||||||
| Population (December 1, 2010) | |||||||||
| - Population | 995,465 (40th) | ||||||||
| - Density | 534.71 /km² | ||||||||
| Districts | 5 | ||||||||
| Municipalities | 17 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-37 | ||||||||
| Website | www.pref.kagawa.jp | ||||||||
| Prefectural Symbols | |||||||||
| - Flower | Olive (Olea europaea) | ||||||||
| - Tree | Olive (Olea europaea) | ||||||||
| - Bird | Oriental cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) | ||||||||
| - Fish | |||||||||
 Symbol of Kagawa Prefecture | |||||||||
| Template ■ Discussion | |||||||||
Kagawa Prefecture (香川県 Kagawa-ken) is a prefecture in the Shikoku region of Japan on the island of Shikoku.[1] The capital city is Takamatsu.[2]
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History
Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province.[3]
Drought is common in Kagawa history. For example, in 1973 the region was called "the Takamatsu desert".[4]
Geography
Kagawa is in the northeast part of Shikoku. The prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture in the southwest. Tokushima Prefecture is in the south. Kagawa has a coastline with many small islands on the Seto Inland Sea across from Okayama Prefecture.
The prefecture built 17 dams between 1947 and 1974.[4]
Cities
Towns
Towns and villages in each district:
National Parks
National Parks are established in about 11% of the total land area of the prefecture.[5]
Shrines and Temples
Tamura jinja is the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. [6]
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Kagawa prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 446; Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), Kagawa Prefecture, Regional Information Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-6.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Takamatsu" at p. 934.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Berga, L. (2006). Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century, Vol. 1, p. 41.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture"; retrieved 2012-3-13.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-2-9.
Other websites
Media related to Kagawa prefecture at Wikimedia Commons
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