Ibaraki prefecture

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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 :
Flag of Ibaraki Prefecture
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

Political groups in the prefecture parliament
(as of August 5, 2019)
        
A total of 62 seats
  • Ibaraki Jimintō (" LDP Ibaraki"): 38
  • Ibaraki kenmin forum ("Prefectural Citizens Forum Ibaraki"; DVP etc.): 5
  • Kōmeitō : 4
  • Shin-Jimin Club ("New LDP Club"): 3
  • Jimin Kensei Club ("LDP Prefectural Politics Club"; ex-LDP): 2
  • KPY : 2
  • KDP : 1
  • Non-attached: 7

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 )
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
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

  • Road signs in Ibaraki Prefecture

Web links

Commons : Ibaraki Prefecture  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ibaraki Prefectural Parliament: Members by constituency, parliamentary group and committee , accessed on August 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ Ibaraki Gov. Hashimoto denied seventh term after losing to ruling coalition-backed rookie. In: The Japan Times . August 28, 2017, accessed January 17, 2018 .
  5. ↑ 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