Saga prefecture

Saga-ken ; 佐賀県
Basic data
Administrative headquarters :	saga
Region :	Kyushu
Main island :	Kyushu
Area :	2,440.7 km²
Water content:	1.7 %
Residents :	814.211 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	334 inhabitants per km²
Counties :	6th
Municipalities :	20th
ISO 3166-2 :	JP-41
Governor :	Yoshinori Yamaguchi
Website:	www.pref.saga.lg.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Prefecture tree :	Camphor tree
Prefecture flower :	Camphor tree blossom
Vogel prefecture :	magpie
Prefecture song :	Saga-kenmin no uta; ("Song of the Citizens of Saga")

The Saga Prefecture ( Jap. 佐賀県 Saga-ken ) is a prefecture in Japan . It is located in the Kyūshū region on the island of the same name and originated in the eastern part of the historical Hizen Province . It has existed continuously since 1883, when it finally became independent from Nagasaki after several territorial rearrangements in the early Meiji period.

The seat of the prefecture administration is the city of the same name Saga .

geography

Saga Prefecture is located between Fukuoka Prefectures in the east and Nagasaki in the south and southwest. The border between Saga and Fukuoka runs along the ridge of the Sefuri Mountains ( 脊振山地 , Sefuri-sanchi ).

Administrative division

In the table below, the districts (郡) are shown in italics, with the small towns (町) below them (indented). 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
41201	Saga- shi	佐賀市	431.84	234,342	236.372	547.36
41202	Karatsu- shi	唐津市	487.59	119.208	122,785	251.82
41203	Tosu- shi	鳥栖市	71.72	74,137	72.902	1,016.48
41204	Taku- shi	多久市	96.96	1,888	19,749	203.68
41205	Imari- shi	伊万里市	255.25	53,955	55,238	216.41
41206	Takeo- shi	武雄市	195.40	48.261	49,062	251.08
41207	Kashima- shi	鹿島市	112.12	28,561	29,684	264.75
41208	Ogi- shi	小城市	95.81	43,717	44,259	461.95
41209	Ureshino- shi	嬉野市	126.41	26,349	27,336	216.25
41210	Kanzaki- shi	神埼市	125.13	31,306	31,842	254.47
41320	Kanzaki gun	神埼郡	43.99	16,338	16,411	373.06
41327	Yoshinogari-chō	吉野ヶ里町	43.99	16,338	16,411	373.06
41340	Miyaki-gun	三養基郡	86.86	51,964	52,062	599.38
41341	Kiyama-cho	基山町	22.15	17,371	17,501	790.11
41345	Chimney-cho	上峰町	12.80	9,364	9,283	725.23
41346	Miyaki-cho	みやき町	51.92	25,229	25,278	486.86
41380	Higashimatsuura gun	東松浦郡	35.92	5,518	5,902	164.31
41387	Genkai-cho	玄海町	35.92	5,518	5,902	164.31
41400	Nishimatsuura gun	西松浦郡	65.85	19,563	20,148	305.97
41401	Arita- cho	有田町	65.85	19,563	20,148	305.97
41420	Kishima-gun	杵島郡	135.54	38,718	40,301	297.34
41423	Ōmachi-chō	大町町	11.50	6,397	6,777	589.30
41424	Kōhoku-machi	江北町	24.49	9,519	9,583	391.30
41425	Shiroishi-cho	白石町	99.56	22.802	23,941	240.47
41440	Fujitsu-gun	藤津郡	74.30	8,293	8,779	118.16
41441	Tara-cho	太良町	74.30	8,293	8,779	118.16
Saga prefecture		佐賀県	2,440.68	819.110	832.832	341.23

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
saga	236.372	237.506	206.967	167.955
Karatsu	122,785	126,926	128,564	78,945
Tosu	72.902	69,074	64,723	60,726
Taku	19,749	21,404	22,739	23,949
Imari	55,238	57.161	58,190	59,143
Takeo	49,062	50,699	33,697	34,603
Kashima	29,684	30,720	32,117	33,215
Ogi	44,259	45.133	45,852	——
Ureshino	27,336	28,984	——	——
Kanzaki	31,842	32,899	——	——

The independent city of Ogi was founded in 2005,
the independent cities of Ureshino and Kanzaki were founded in 2006. .

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	673.895	329,962	343.933	959	2443.59	275.8
1925	684.831	336.223	348,608	965	2443.90	280.2
1930	691,565	337.996	353,569	956	2443.90	283.0
1935	686.117	332.764	353.353	942	2449.03	280.2
1940	701.517	343.047	358,470	957	2449.03	286.5
1945	830.431	379.361	451.070	841	2449.03	339.1
1950	945.082	455.824	489.258	932	2403.74	393.2
1955	973.749	470,437	503.312	935	2403.50	405.1
1960	942,874	448,797	494.077	908	2403.50	392.3
1965	871.885	410.937	460,948	892	2406.17	362.4
1970	838.468	393,631	444,837	885	2410.91	347.8
1975	837.674	394,661	443.013	891	2417.87	346.5
1980	865,574	410.912	454,662	904	2432.71	355.8
1985	880.013	417,308	462.705	902	2433.39	361.6
1990	877.851	414.673	463.178	895	2438.76	360.0
1995	884.316	418,666	465,650	899	2438.99	362.6
2000	876.654	414.377	462.277	896	2439.23	359.4
2005	866.369	408.230	458.139	891	2439.58	355.1
2010	849,788	400.136	449,652	890	2439.65	348.3
2015	832.832	393.073	439,759	894	2440.68	341.2

history

After the Meiji Restoration , the principalities (-han) Saga , Hasunoike , Ogi , Kashima , Karatsu , Izuhara were temporarily named prefectures (-ken) in 1871 , which were merged into the prefecture Imari ( 伊万里県 , Imari-ken ) in the same year were. This was renamed Saga in 1872, the former Izuhara (also Tsushima- Fuchū ; Tsushima Province ) was transferred to Nagasaki . Saga Prefecture was incorporated into Mizuma in 1876, which was dissolved in 1876 and divided between Fukuoka and Nagasaki. In 1883 Saga was separated from Nagasaki again.

politics

Group strengths in the prefecture parliament
(as of May 15, 2019)

A total of 38 seats

LDP : 25
Kenmin Network ( DVP etc.): 5
Kōmeitō : 2
KPY : 2
Others (1 member each): 4

Yasushi Furukawa , then Saga’s third term governor, resigned in November 2014 for a change in national politics. In the January 2015 gubernatorial election , former central government official Yoshinori Yamaguchi was elected as his successor. In December 2018, he was re-elected against a communist challenger, and voter turnout fell by almost 20 points to a new record low of 35.3%. The 38-member parliament was re-elected in the uniform regional elections in April 2019 , the LDP remained by far the strongest force. The number of women in parliament doubled to two.

In the national parliament Saga since 2014 only by two directly elected members in Shugiin and an ever election in Sangiin represented. After the elections of 2016 and 2019, the Liberal Democrats Takamaro Fukuoka (2nd term of office, until 2022) and Yūhei Yamashita (2nd term of office, until 2025) sit in the Sangiin for the prefecture , while Saga elected the Minshintō independent Kazuhiro Haraguchi (8th ) to the Shūgiin in 2017 Term of office, constituency 1), who later joined the DVP , and Hiroshi Ōgushi ( Kibō no Tō , 5th term, constituency 2, later non-party to the KDP faction), who narrowly prevailed against ex-governor Furukawa.