Kagawa Prefecture

Kagawa-ken ; 香川県
Basic data
Administrative headquarters :	Takamatsu
Region :	Shikoku
Main island :	Shikoku
Area :	1,876.79 km²
Water content:	2.8 %
Residents :	956,069 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	509 inhabitants per km²
Counties :	5
Municipalities :	17th
ISO 3166-2 :	JP-37
Governor :	Keizō Hamada
Website:	www.pref.kagawa.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Prefecture tree :	Olive tree
Prefecture flower :	Olive tree
Vogel prefecture :	Gackel Cuckoo
Fish prefecture :	Seriola quinqueradiata
Prefecture mammal :	Sika deer

The prefecture of Kagawa ( Japanese. 香川県 , Kagawa-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan and is located in the north (east) of the western Japanese region Shikoku on the main island Shikoku and over 100 other islands in the Seto Inland Sea . The seat of the prefecture administration is the city of Takamatsu .

Geography and location

Topographic map of Kagawa

The prefecture extends between 34 degrees 0 minutes 44 seconds and 34 degrees 33 minutes 53 seconds north latitude and 133 degrees 26 minutes 48 seconds and 134 degrees 26 minutes 51 seconds east longitude.
The Kagawa Prefecture is the smallest (14.7%) of the Shikoku Island in terms of area, but has the second highest population (25.4%) and the highest population density (520.2 inhabitants per square kilometer).

history

A first Kagawa Prefecture emerged in 1871 in the Sanuki Province from the principalities of Takamatsu , Marugame and parts of the Kurashiki Prefecture, which emerged from Shogunate land . Kagawa has been finally independent since 1888, when it was separated from Ehime .

Administrative division

Political map of Kagawa Prefecture
Shi in pink, Cho in yellow

The prefecture is divided since 2006 into eight independent cities ( Shi , 市 ) and nine (kreisangehorige / small) cities ( Chō , 町 ), the six counties ( Gun , 郡 ) are organized.
After the introduction of today's forms of commune, there were 182 congregations in 1889, only one of which was independent and five of which were part of a county. In 1953 there were 157 municipalities, in 1960 there were 44 and on September 1, 2003 there were still 7 urban and 30 urban districts. With the incorporation of the last village on February 15, 1970, all villages ( mura ) in the prefecture disappeared.

In the table below, the districts (郡) are shown in italics, with the small towns (町) below them (indented). The prefectural affiliation of a regional authority can be seen in the first two digits of the regional authority code (1st column), a connection between the district and the associated municipalities in the third. The independent cities are at the beginning of the table.

code	Surname		Area (in km²)	population	Population density (inh / km²)
code	Reading (in Latin transcription)	Spelling (in jp. Writing )	01.10.2017 ¹	01/10/2015 ²	01.10.2018 ³
37201	Takamatsu- shi	高松市	375.41	420,748	419,696	1120.77
37202	Marugame- shi	丸亀市	111.79	110.010	109,551	984.08
37203	Sakaide- shi	坂出市	92.49	53.164	51,620	574.81
37204	Zentsūji- shi	善通寺市	39.93	32,927	32,493	824.62
37205	Kan'onji- shi	観音寺市	117.84	59,409	57,850	504.15
37206	Sanuki- shi	さぬき市	158.63	50,272	48.241	316.91
37207	Higashikagawa- shi	東かがわ市	152.83	31,031	29,544	203.04
37208	Mitoyo- shi	三豊市	222.73	65,524	63,405	294.19
37320	Shōzu-gun	小豆郡	169.97	28,864	27,430	169.82
37322	Tonoshō -chō	土庄町	74.38	14.002	13,298	188.25
37324	Shōdoshima-chō	小豆島町	95.59	14,862	14,132	155.48
37340	Daycare gun	木田郡	75.78	27,684	27,361	365.32
37341	Miki-cho	三木町	75.78	27,684	27,361	365.32
37360	Kagawa-gun	香川郡	14.22	3139	3079	220.75
37364	Naoshima-cho	直島町	14.22	3139	3079	220.75
37380	Aya-gun	綾歌郡	117.84	42,562	42,126	361.19
37386	Utazu-cho	宇多津町	8.10	18,952	18,981	2339.75
37387	Ayagawa-cho	綾川町	109.75	23,610	23,145	215.13
37400	Nakatado-gun	仲多度郡	227.31	50,929	49.504	224.05
37403	Kotohira- chō	琴平町	8.47	9186	8735	1084.53
37404	Tadotsu- chō	多度津町	24.39	23,366	23,038	958.02
37406	Manno- cho	まんのう町	194.45	18,377	17,731	94.51
JP-37 [000]	Kagawa-ken	香川県	1876.77	976.263	961,900	520.18

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

Biggest places

Former and existing cities (-shi)
Census year	Residents
2015	2010	2005	2000
Takamatsu	420,748	419.429	420,748	332.865
Marugame	110.010	110,473	110.010	80.105
Sakaide	53.164	55,621	53.164	59,228
Zentsūji	32,927	33,817	32,927	36,413
Kan'onji	59,409	62,690	59,409	44,755
Sanuki	50,272	53,000	50,272	——
Higashikagawa	31,031	33,625	31,031	——
Mitoyo	65,524	68,512	65,524	——

On April 1, 2002, 5 parishes merge to form the city of Sanuki .
On April 1, 2003, 3 parishes merge to form the city of Higashikagawa .
On January 1st, 2006, 7 municipalities merged to form the city of Mitoyo .

Population development in the prefecture

Census population
Census year	Total population	male population	female population	Gender ratio men to 1000 women	Area in km ²	Population density per km ²
1920	677.852	336.195	341,657	984	1845.45	367.3
1925	700,308	351.911	348.397	1010	1845.45	379.5
1930	732.816	368,442	364.374	1011	1858.73	394.3
1935	748.656	373,522	375.134	996	1858.73	402.8
1940	730.394	359.139	371.255	967	1858.73	393.0
1945	863,700	396.235	467.465	848	1858.73	464.7
1950	946.022	457.980	488.042	938	1862.34	508.0
1955	943.823	456.711	487.112	938	1859.36	507.6
1960	918,867	438.924	479.943	915	1859.36	494.2
1965	900.845	427.058	473,787	901	1863.02	483.5
1970	907.897	430.773	477.124	903	1870.06	485.5
1975	961.292	461.370	499.922	923	1879.31	511.5
1980	999.864	481.104	518.760	927	1880.47	531.7
1985	1,022,569	492,696	529.873	930	1882.11	543.3
1990	1,023,412	491,621	531.791	925	1874.86	545.9
1995	1,027,006	493,482	533.524	925	1875.15	547.7
2000	1,022,890	491.761	531.129	926	1875.88	545.3
2005	1,012,400	486.108	526.292	924	1876.41	539.5
2010	995.842	479,951	515.891	930	1876.53	530.7
2015	976.263	472.308	503.955	937	1876.72	520.2

politics

Political groups in the prefecture parliament
(as of April 30, 2019)

A total of 41 seats

LDP Kagawa Kenseikai ( 県政会 ): 20
Liberal Kagawa (with SDP , DVP , KDP ): 9
LDP : 8
Kōmeitō : 2
KPY : 2

The 22-story main building of the prefecture administration, completed in 2000.

The governor of Kagawa has been Keizō Hamada since 2010 , who, with the support of the major political parties, was elected to succeed Takeki Manabe . In the 2018 gubernatorial election , Hamada was re-elected for a third term against the communist Eiji Himeda with the support of the LDP, DVP, Kōmeitō and SDP. The 41-member parliament was elected in the unified regional elections in April 2019 , the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held a clear absolute majority with 27 seats. However, their group split for the first time in May 2016 and again in July 2017, so that at times there were three LDP parliamentary groups in Kagawa's parliament.

In the national parliament , Kagawa is represented by three directly elected members of the Shūgiin , after the 2017 election the Liberal Democrats Takuya Hirai (constituency 1, 7th term of office) and Keitarō Ōno (constituency 3, 3rd term of office) as well as Yūichirō Tamaki (constituency 2, 4th term) . Term of office), meanwhile chairman of the DVP. The prefecture elects one member of the Sangiin for each partial election, most recently in 2016 and 2019 the Liberal Democrats Yoshihiko Isozaki and Shingo Miyake .