Ōita Prefecture

Ōita-ken ; 大分県
Basic data
Administrative headquarters :	Ōita
Region :	Kyushu
Main island :	Kyushu
Area :	6,340.76 km²
Water content:	0.7 %
Residents :	1,134,431 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	179 inhabitants per km²
Counties :	3
Municipalities :	18th
ISO 3166-2 :	JP-44
Governor :	Katsusada Hirose
Website:	www.pref.oita.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Prefecture tree :	Bungo - Ume
Prefecture flower :	Bungo Ume flower
Vogel prefecture :	Japanese eyeglass bird
Prefecture song :	Jidai o choete
Prefectural Day:	14th November

The prefecture Ōita ( Japanese 県 , Ōita-ken ) is one of the prefectures of Japan . It is located in the Kyūshū region in the north (east) of the island of Kyūshū. The third smallest province in terms of area takes up about 15 percent of the area of Kyūshū. The population has been declining since the 1980s and is currently around 9 percent, the population density is lower than that of the region or island. The seat of the prefecture administration is the city of the same name Ōita .

Location and geography

The prefecture extends between 130 ° 49'29 "and 132 ° 10'38" east. and between 32 ° 42'52 "and 33 ° 44'26" n. Br. It has a coastline of 774 kilometers. The Nakadake ( 中岳 ) in the Kūju Mountains ( 九重山 , Kujūsan) is located in the Aso-Kujū National Park and is the highest mountain in the prefecture at 1791 m.

politics

Political groups in the prefecture parliament
(as of June 4, 2019)

A total of 43 seats

LDP : 22
Kenmin Club (non-party, KDP , DVP , SDP , Rengō ): 14
Kōmeitō : 3
KPY : 2
Two other factions: 2

Governor of Ōita is Katsusada Hirose , who was confirmed for a fifth term in the unified regional elections in April 2019 . In the parliamentary elections that took place at the same time, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was clearly the strongest party.

In 2017 the LDP was again able to win all three constituencies of Ōitas for the lower house of the national parliament . In the upper house , the prefecture after the elections will be in 2016 and 2019 by two members of the opposition represented. In particular, the directly elected Delegitas delegation to the national parliament currently (as of August 2019) consists of:

in the lower house
- Constituency 1: Yōichi Anami (LDP, 3rd term), who narrowly prevailed against incumbent Shūji Kira from the Hope Party in 2017 ,
- Constituency 2: Seishirō Etō (LDP, 12th term), former Minister of Defense and Vice-President of the House of Commons,
- Constituency 3: Takeshi Iwaya (LDP, 8th term), Minister of Defense in Abe's fourth cabinet,
in the upper house
- until 2022: Shin'ya Adachi ( DVP , 3rd term), and
- until 2025: Kiyoshi Adachi (non-party and non-attached, 1st term of office), elected in 2019 as the unity candidate of the center-left opposition just against his predecessor Yōsuke Isozaki (LDP).

The municipalities of the prefecture
independent cities: pink
municipalities: yellow

Administrative division

The number of communities fell from 258 to 214 between 1920 and 1950. In 1955 there were still 58 communities 70 and 25 years later. Due to the large Heisei incorporation from 2005 to 2006, which included all communities in the prefecture except for Beppu , Tsukumi , Himeshima , Hiji , Kokonoe , Kusu , their number fell from 58 on December 31, 2004 to March 31, 2006 to 18 .

In the table below, the districts (郡) are shown in italics, below (indented) the small towns (町) and the village (村) in them. The first three digits of the code (1st column) also show a relationship between the district and the small town. At the beginning of the table are the independent cities (市).

code	Surname		Area (in km²)	population	Population density (inh / km²)
code	Rōmaji	Kanji	01.10.2017 ¹	01.10.2018 ²	01/10/2015 ³
44201	Ōita- shi	大分市	502.38	478.113	478.146	951.76
44202	Beppu- shi	別府市	125.34	119,448	122,138	974.45
44203	Nakatsu- shi	中津市	491.53	83.024	83,965	170.82
44204	Hita- shi	日田市	666.03	63,887	66,523	99.88
44205	Saiki- shi	佐伯市	903.11	69,022	72.211	79.96
44206	Usuki- shi	臼杵市	291.20	37,124	38,748	133.06
44207	Tsukumi- shi	津久見市	79.48	16,772	17,969	226.08
44208	Taketa- shi	竹田市	477.53	20,959	22,332	46.77
44209	Bungotakada -shi	豊後高田市	206.24	22.307	22,853	110.81
44210	Kitsuki- shi	杵築市	280.08	29,047	30.185	107.77
44211	Usa- shi	宇佐市	439.05	54,524	56,258	128.14
44212	Bungoono -shi	豊後大野市	603.14	3,462	36,584	60.66
44213	Yufu shi	由布市	319.32	33,394	34,262	107.3
44214	Kunisaki- shi	国東市	318.10	27,082	28,647	90.06
44320	Higashikunisaki gun	東国東郡	6.99	183	1.991	284.84
44322	Himeshima- mura	姫島村	6.99	183	1.991	284.84
44340	Hayami gun	速見郡	73.32	28.007	28,058	382.68
44341	Hiji-machi	日出町	73.32	28.007	28,058	382.68
44460	Kusu-gun	玖珠郡	557.88	23,783	25,468	45.65
44461	Kokonoe-machi	九重町	271.37	9,044	9,645	35.54
44462	Kusu-machi	玖珠町	286.51	14,739	15,823	55.23
Ōita Prefecture		大分県	6,340.73	1,142,943	1,166,338	183.94

swell

¹ Area data from 2017
² Estimated population 2018
³ Results of the 2015 census

Biggest places

Census year	Residents
2015	2010	2005	2000
Ōita	478.146	474.094	462.317	436.470
Beppu	122,138	125,385	126,959	126,523
Nakatsu	83,965	84,312	84,368	67,083
Saiki	72.211	76,951	80.297	50,120
Hita	66,523	70,940	74,165	62.507
United States	56,258	59.008	60,809	49,312
Usuki	38,748	41,469	43,352	35,786
Bungoōno	36,584	39,452	41,548	——
Yufu	34,262	34,702	35,386	——
Kitsuki	30.185	32,083	33,567	22,746
Kunisaki	28,647	32.002	——	——
Bungotakada	22,853	23,906	25.114	18,506
Taketa	22,332	24,423	26,534	17,489
Tsukumi	17,969	19,917	21,456	23.164

The independent cities of Bungoōno and Yufu were created in 2005 by amalgamation.
The small town of Kunisaki was raised to an independent city in 2006 .

Population development

Census year	Residents on Census day	Density (inh / km²)
All in all	of which male	Proportion of male population
1920	860.282	422.708	49.1	96.6
1925	915.136	451.298	49.3	97.3
1930	945.771	465.994	49.3	97.1
1935	980.458	481,549	49.1	96.5
1940	972.975	473.297	48.6	94.8
1945	1,233,651	593.075	48.1	92.6
1950	1,252,999	604.825	48.3	93.3
1955	1,277,199	616.402	48.3	93.3
1960	1,239,655	590.963	47.7	91.1
1965	1,187,480	559,433	47.1	89.1

Census year	Residents on Census day	Density (inh / km²)
All in all	of which male	Proportion of male population
1970	1,155,566	540,541	46.8	87.9
1975	1,190,314	561.760	47.2	89.4
1980	1,228,913	583.097	47.5	90.3
1985	1,250,214	593.014	47.4	90.2
1990	1,236,942	584,672	47.3	89.6
1995	1,231,306	581.909	47.3	89.6
2000	1,221,140	575.985	47.2	89.3
2005	1,209,571	569,796	47.1	89.1
2010	1,196,529	564,890	47.2	89.4
2015	1,166,338	551.932	47.3	89.8