Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi prefecture (山口県)

Yamaguchi prefectual symbol
Capital	Yamaguchi
Region:	Chugoku
Island:	Honshu
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 22nd 6,110.45 km² 2.6%
Population  - Total (Jan. 1, 2003)  - Density	Ranked 25th 1,516,693 248/km²
Districts:	11
Municipalities:	56
ISO 3166-2:	JP-35
Symbols
Pref. Flower:	Bitter summer mandarin blossom (Citrus natsudaidai)
Pref. Tree:	Red pine tree (Pinus densiflora)
Pref. Bird:	Hooded crane (Grus monacha)

Yamaguchi prefecture (山口県 Yamaguchi-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi located in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, by contrast, is Shimonoseki.

History

Geography

Cities

• Hagi
• Hikari
• Hofu
• Iwakuni
• Kudamatsu
• Mine
• Nagato
• Onoda
• Shimonoseki
• Shunan
• Ube
• Yamaguchi (capital)
• Yanai

Districts

• Abu
  • Abu
  • Asahi
  • Ato
  • Fukue
  • Kawakami
  • Mutsumi
  • Susa
  • Tamagawa
• Asa
  • Kusunoki
  • Sanyo
• Kuga
  • Hongou
  • Kuga
  • Mikawa
  • Miwa
  • Nishiki
  • Obatake
  • Shuto
  • Waki
  • Yu
• Kumage
  • Hirao
  • Kaminoseki
  • Tabuse
  • Yamato
• Mine
  • Mito
  • Shuho
• Oshima
  • Kuka
  • Oshima
  • Tachibana
  • Towa
• Otsu
  • Heki
  • Misumi
  • Yuya
• Saba
  • Tokuji
• Toyora
  • Hohoku
  • Kikugawa
  • Toyora
  • Toyota
• Yoshiki
  • Aio
  • Ajisu
  • Ogori

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Official Yamaguchi prefecture homepage (http://www.pref.yamaguchi.jp/gyosei/kenjoho/english.htm)

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