Ibaraki prefecture
Ibaraki-ken 茨城 県 |
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Basic data | |
Administrative headquarters : | Mito |
Region : | Kanto |
Main island : | Honshu |
Area : | 6,097.39 km² |
Water content: | 4.8 % |
Residents : | 2,868,041 (October 1, 2019) |
Population density : | 470 inhabitants per km² |
Counties : | 7th |
Municipalities : | 44 |
ISO 3166-2 : | JP-08 |
Governor : | Kazuhiko Ōigawa |
Website: | www.pref.ibaraki.jp |
Symbols | |
Prefecture flag : | |
Prefecture tree : | Ume |
Prefecture flower : | rose |
Vogel prefecture : | Skylark |
Fish prefecture : | Paralichthys olivaceus |
Prefecture song : |
Ibaraki-kenmin no uta ("Song of the Citizens of Ibaraki") |
Gymnastics : | Ibaraki-kenmin taiso |
The prefecture of Ibaraki ( Japanese. 茨城 県 , Ibaraki-ken ) is one of the prefectures of Japan and is located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū in Japan . The seat of the prefectural administration is Mito .
geography
The prefecture is bordered by the Chiba and Saitama Prefectures to the south, Tochigi Prefecture to the west and Fukushima Prefecture to the north . Ibaraki is an industrialized stretch of coast with extensive port facilities and what is supposedly the largest oil refinery in the world, with Japan's nuclear energy research institute and nuclear power plants in the village of Tokai .
history
Ibaraki was known in traditional Japan for its mines and warlike inhabitants.
politics
Ibaraki's governor has been Kazuhiko Ōigawa , a former METI official and IT manager , since 2017 . He prevailed in the gubernatorial election in August 2017 with the support of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Kōmeitō against Masaru Hashimoto , who had been governor since 1993 and was seeking a seventh term. Important campaign issues were Hashimoto's long tenure and the restart of the nuclear power plant in the village of Tōkai.
The prefectural parliament Ibaraki with 62 members is next to Tokyo , Okinawa and three prefectures in Tōhoku currently one of six in Japan, which are not elected in unified regional elections. From the last elections in 2018 , the LDP emerged unchanged with a clear absolute majority. The turnout reached an all-time low of 41.9%.
In the national parliament , Ibaraki is represented by seven directly elected members in the Shūgiin and four in the Sangiin . The seven constituencies in Ibarakis Shugiin won in the 2017 election six Liberal Democrats and non-party, former LDP deputy Kishiro Nakamura , who is now the KDP is one fraction. After the 2016 , 2019 elections and party reshuffles since August 2019, two members of the KDP faction ( Akira Gunji until 2022, Takumi Onuma until 2025) and two Liberal Democrats ( Hiroshi Okada until '22, Ryosuke Kōzuki until '25) are represented in Sangiin ) the prefecture.
Administrative division
- (District-free) cities ( 市 , shi )
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- Counties ( 郡 , gun )
List of districts in Ibaraki prefecture, as well as their cities ( 町 , chō ) and villages ( 村 , mura ).
Biggest places
local community | Resident October 1, 2000 |
Resident October 1, 2005 |
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Mito | 261,562 | 262,532 |
Tsukuba | 191.814 | 200,546 |
Hitachi | 206,589 | 199.203 |
Hitachinaka | 151.673 | 153,624 |
Koga | 146.452 | 145.268 |
Tsuchiura | 134,702 | 135.057 |
Chikusei | 116.120 | 112,589 |
Torids | 115.993 | 111,329 |
Kamisu | 87,626 | 91,875 |
Ishioka | 83.119 | 81,889 |
Ryūgasaki | 76,923 | 78,954 |
Ushiku | 73.258 | 77,220 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ibaraki Prefectural Parliament: Members by constituency, parliamentary group and committee , accessed on August 5, 2019.
- ↑ 現 新 3 氏 の 争 い に = 多 選 、 原 発 再 稼 働 争 点 - 茨城 知事 選 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . August 10, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ 茨城 知事 選 か い ら い 批判 か わ す 自 公 系 の 大 井 川 氏 勝利 . In: Mainichi Shimbun . August 28, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ Ibaraki Gov. Hashimoto denied seventh term after losing to ruling coalition-backed rookie. In: The Japan Times . August 28, 2017, accessed January 17, 2018 .
- ↑ 自 民 が 勢力 維持 立 民 は 都 道 府 県 議 選 で 初 の 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. December 9, 2018, Retrieved March 17, 2019 (Japanese).
Coordinates: 36 ° 14 ' N , 140 ° 17' E