Miyazaki Prefecture

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Miyazaki-ken
宮 崎 県
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Basic data
Administrative headquarters : Miyazaki
Region : Kyushu
Main island : Kyushu
Area : 7,735.33  km²
Water content: 0.3  %
Residents : 1,071,723
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 139 inhabitants per km²
Counties : 6th
Municipalities : 26th
ISO 3166-2 : JP-45
Governor : Shunji Kono
Website: www.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Flag of Miyazaki Prefecture
Prefecture tree : Canary Island date palm , Prunus jamasakura , Obi - sugi
Prefecture flower : Crinum asiaticum
Vogel prefecture : Phasianus soemmerringii ijimae
Prefecture song : Miyazaki-kenminka
("Song of the Citizens of Miyazaki")
Map of Miyazaki Prefecture
(urban districts pink,
district municipalities yellow,
municipalities green)

The Miyazaki Prefecture ( Jap. 宮崎県 , Miyazaki-ken ) is one of the 47 prefectures in Japan . It is located in the Kyūshū region in the east of the island of Kyūshū. The administrative seat of the prefecture is the chūkakushi ("core city") Miyazaki .

Geography and location

The prefecture extends between 31 degrees 21 minutes 39 seconds and 32 degrees 50 minutes 20 seconds north latitude and 130 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds and 131 degrees 53 minutes 9 seconds east longitude. After Kagoshima, Miyazaki Prefecture is the second largest in area (18.3%) in the Kyūshū region, but has (before Saga ) the second lowest population (8.5%) and the lowest population density (around 140 inhabitants per square kilometer).

Administrative division

Since March 2010, the prefecture has been divided into nine independent cities ( Shi ) and 14 (district / small) cities ( Chō ) and three villages ( Son ) . The latter are organized in six districts ( Gun ) .

After the introduction of today's community forms, there were exactly 100 communities in 1889, none of which were independent cities. At the end of 2005 there were 44 municipalities, 9 of which were independent cities.

In the table below, the districts ( 郡 ) are shown in italics, underneath each (indented) the small towns ( 町 ) and the villages ( 村 ) within them. A dependency between rural district and small town can also be seen in the first three digits of the code (1st column). The independent cities are at the beginning of the table.

code Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density (inh / km²)
Rōmaji Kanji 10/01/2017 1st October 2018 October 1, 2015
45201 Miyazaki- shi 宮 崎 市 643.67 398.841 401.138 623.20
45202 Miyakonojō- shi 都 城市 653.36 161,968 165.029 252.59
45203 Nobeoka- shi 延 岡 市 868.02 120,696 125.159 144.19
45204 Nichinan- shi 日 南市 536.11 51,781 54,090 100.89
45205 Kobayashi- shi 小林 市 562.95 44,581 46.221 82.10
45206 Hyūga- shi 日 向 市 336.94 60,559 61,761 183.30
45207 Kushima- shi 串 間 市 295.16 17,775 18,779 63.62
45208 Saito- shi 西 都市 438.79 29,569 30,683 69.93
45209 Ebino- shi え び の 市 282.93 18,473 19,538 69.06
45340 Kitamorokata-gun 北 諸 県 郡 110.02 25,420 25,404 230.90
45341   Mimata-cho 三 股 町 110.02 25,420 25,404 230.90
45360 Nishimorokata gun 西 諸 県 郡 85.39 8,859 9,300 108.91
45361   Takaharu-cho 高原 町 85.39 8,859 9,300 108.91
45380 Higashimorokata gun 東 諸 県 郡 225.82 25,970 26,951 119.35
45382   Kunitomi-cho 国 富 町 130.63 18,859 19,606 150.09
45383   Aya-cho 綾 町 95.19 7.111 7,345 77.16
45400   Koyu-gun 児 湯 郡 715.03 68,921 71,218 99.60
45401   Takanabe-cho 高 鍋 町 43.80 20,368 21,025 480.02
45402   Shintomi-cho 新 富 町 61.53 16,780 17,373 282.35
45403   Nishimera-son 西米 良 村 271.51 1,040 1,089 4.01
45404   Kijo-cho 木 城 町 145.96 5,090 5,231 35.84
45405   Kawaminami-cho 川南 町 90.12 15,474 16,109 178.75
45406   Tsuno-cho 都 農 町 102.11 10.169 10,391 101.76
45420 Higashiusuki-gun 東 臼杵 郡 1,294.21 26,872 28.210 21.80
45421   Kadogawa-cho 門 川 町 120.52 17,651 18,183 150.87
45429   Morotsuka-son 諸 塚 村 187.56 1,600 1,739 9.27
45430   Shiiba-son 椎 葉 村 537.29 2,627 2,808 5.23
45431   Misato-cho 美 郷 町 448.84 4,994 5,480 12.21
45401 Nishiusuki-gun 西 臼杵 郡 686.93 19,588 20,588 29.97
45441   Takachiho-cho 高 千 穂 町 237.54 12.205 12,755 53.70
45442   Hinokage-chō 日 之 影 町 277.67 3,751 3,946 14.21
45443   Gokase-chō 五 ヶ 瀬 町 171.73 3,632 3,887 22.63
Miyazaki Prefecture 宮 崎 県 7735.32 1,079,873 1,104,069 142.73

Biggest places

Census year Residents
2015 2010 2005 2000
Miyazaki 401.138 400,583 310.123 305,755
Miyakonojo 165.029 169,602 133,062 131,922
Nobeoka 125.159 131.182 121,635 124,761
Nichinan 54,090 57,689 44,227 45.998
Kobayashi 46.221 48,270 38,923 40,346
Hyūga 61,761 63.223 58,666 58,996
Kushima 18,779 20,453 22,118 23,647
Saito 30,683 32,614 34,087 35,381
Ebino 19,538 21,606 23,079 24,906

No independent cities have been founded since 1999.

Population development in the prefecture

Census population
Census
year		 Total
population		 male
population		 female
population		 Gender
ratio
men to 1000 women 		Area
in km² 		Population
density
per km²
1920 651.097 326.610 324,487 1007 7738.30 84.1
1925 691.094 348.088 343.006 1015 7738.30 89.3
1930 760.467 383.128 377,339 1015 7738.30 98.3
1935 824.431 416.082 408,349 1019 7738.85 106.5
1940 840.357 417.180 423.177 986 7738.85 108.6
1945 913,687 426.201 487.486 874 7738.85 118.1
1950 1,091,427 535.107 556.320 962 7744.04 140.9
1955 1,139,384 559.771 579,613 966 7732.51 147.4
1960 1,134,590 552.285 582.305 948 7732.51 146.7
1965 1,080,692 517.235 563.457 918 7732.62 139.8
1970 1,051,105 498.065 553.040 901 7734.02 135.9
1975 1,085,055 515.236 569,819 904 7734.18 140.3
1980 1,151,587 550.207 601.380 915 7734.20 148.9
1985 1,175,543 558.355 617.188 905 7734.77 152.0
1990 1,168,907 551,524 617.383 893 7733.20 151.2
1995 1,175,819 556.245 619,574 898 7733.66 152.0
2000 1,170,007 552.160 617,847 894 7734.40 151.3
2005 1,153,042 542.113 610.929 887 7734.77 149.1
2010 1,135,233 533.035 602.198 885 7735.99 146.8
2015 1,104,069 519.242 584,827 888 7735.31 142.7

politics

Group strengths in the prefecture parliament
(as of 2019)
     
A total of 39 seats
  • LDP : 24
  • Kenmin rengō Miyazaki ("Prefectural Citizens' Association Miyazaki"; with SDP , KDP , DVP ): 6
  • Kōmeitō : 3
  • KPY : 2
  • One-man parliamentary groups: 4

Governor of Miyazaki has been Shunji Kōno since January 2011 , previously Lieutenant Governor under his predecessor Hideo Higashikokubaru . In the gubernatorial election in December 2018, he was re-elected for a third term with over 90% of the votes with broad anti-communist support ( LDP , KDP , DVP , Kōmeitō , Kibō , SDP ) against just one communist challenger. The voter turnout reached a historic low of 33.9%. The prefecture parliament has 39 members from 14 constituencies. It was re-elected in the uniform regional elections in April 2019 . The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) remained the strongest force with 24 seats.

In the national parliament , Miyazaki is represented by three directly elected members in the Shūgiin and two in the Sangiin . Following the elections in 2016 , 2017 and 2019, the directly elected delegation from the prefecture to the national parliament currently consists of:

  • Shūgiin
    • Constituency 1: Shunsuke Takei (LDP, 3rd term), from 2016 to 2017 State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
    • Constituency 2: Taku Etō (LDP, 6th term), 2017–18 Chairman of the North Korea Special Committee in the Shūgiin,
    • Constituency 3: Yoshihisa Furukawa (LDP, 6th term), 2018–19 Chairman of the Special Committee for Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake,
  • Sangiin
    • until 2022: Shimpei Matsushita (LDP, 3rd term of office), elected as an independent just under LDP incumbent Mitsuhiro Uesugi in 2004, co-founder of the Kaikaku Club in 2008 , joined the LDP in the 2010 election, re-elected in 2016 with over 60% of the votes,
    • until 2025: Makoto Nagamine (LDP, 2nd term), former mayor of Miyakonojō.

Miyazaki is one of the financially weaker prefectures.

  • Miyazaki Airport

  • The present main building of the prefecture administration, built in 1932.

  • Mount Takachiho (1573 m)

  • Nyuta Air Base

  • Road signs in Miyazaki Prefecture

Web links

Commons : Miyazaki Prefecture  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Area data from 2017: Kokudo Chiriin (GSI - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), 平 成 29 年 全国 都 道 府 県 市区 町 村 別 面積 調 (Nationwide area survey of all prefectures and municipalities 2017) , p. 97: 45 Miyazaki-ken (Japanese) , accessed December 16, 2018
  2. ↑ Estimated Population 2018: 簡 単 検 索 ・ 詳細 検 索 ・ 検 索 サ ン プ ル , accessed December 16, 2018 (Japanese)
  3. ↑ Results of the 2015 census: e-stat , accessed on December 16, 2018
  4. ↑ e-Stat database , accessed on December 16, 2018 (English)
  5. ↑ Miyazaki Prefectural Parliament : Members by political group , accessed August 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ 宮 崎 県 知事 選 現 職 の 河野 俊 嗣 氏 ３ 回 目 の 当選 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. December 23, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2019 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 宮 崎 県 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019 (Japanese).

Coordinates: 32 ° 1 '  N , 131 ° 21'  E