Shiga prefecture

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Shiga-ken
滋 賀 県
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Basic data
Administrative headquarters : Ōtsu
Region : Kinki
Main island : Honshu
Area : 4,017.38  km²
Water content: 14.0  %
Residents : 1,413,959
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 352 inhabitants per km²
Counties : 3
Municipalities : 19th
ISO 3166-2 : JP-25
Governor : Taizō Mikazuki
Website: www.pref.shiga.lg.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Shiga Prefecture Flag
Prefecture tree : maple
Prefecture flower : Evergreen rhododendrons
Vogel prefecture : Little Grebe

The Shiga Prefecture ( Japanese 滋賀県 , Shiga-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan . It includes the old Ōmi province and extends along Lake Biwa . Shiga is located in the Kinki region on the island of Honshu . The seat of the prefecture administration is Ōtsu .

politics

Political groups in the prefecture parliament
(as of 2019)
      
A total of 44 seats
  • LDP : 20
  • Team Shiga (regional party around Yukiko Kada; with KDP , DVP , independents): 14
  • KPY : 4
  • Sazanami Club (from independents): 3
  • Kōmeitō : 2
  • Non-attached: 1
The main building of the prefecture administration in the Kyōmachi district of Ōtsu, completed in 1939. The prefectural parliament also meets here.

Successor Yukiko Kada as governor of Shiga is since 2014 the former democratic lower house deputies Taizo Mikazuki . In June 2018 , Mikazuki was re-elected for a second term with broad support from the non-communist parties and 83% of the vote against the CPY-backed Manabu Kondō. The voter turnout reached 40.6%, the second-lowest value historically since the 2002 election. In the 2015 parliament, which was reduced to 44 members from 13 constituencies, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) remained the strongest force in the April 2019 elections with 16 seats, the Shiga and team the KDP won a total of twelve seats, the KPJ four, ten election winners were without a formal party nomination.

In the national parliament , Shiga has been represented by four directly elected MPs in Shūgiin since 2002 , four Liberal Democrats in 2017 , and in Sangiin the prefecture elects one MP per partial election, after the elections in 2016 and 2019 the defeated gubernatorial candidate of 2014, Takashi Koyari , for the LDP and Ex-Governor Kada for the center-left opposition, who founded the Hekisuikai faction together with the opposition MP Takako Nagae from Ehime, who was also newly elected in 2019 .

Administrative division

With the introduction of modern parishes in 1889, Shiga Prefecture consisted of 6 small towns and 189 villages (in 13 counties). The first two independent cities were not built until the 1930s (Otsu 1933 and Hikone 1937). Through incorporations and mergers, the number of parishes fell from 203 (1920) to 67 (1955) to finally 46 in 2005. Since 2010, the prefecture has consisted of 13 independent cities ( Shi ) and 6 small towns ( Chō ), the latter grouped into three districts .

Ōtsu is the seat of the prefecture administration and since 2009 a "core city" ( chūkakushi ).

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

List of municipalities in Aichi
code Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density (inh / km²) 3
Rōmaji Kanji October 1, 2017 1 October 1, 2019 2 October 1, 2015 3
25201 Ōtsu- shi 大 津市 464.51 341,488 340.973 734.05
25202 Hikone -shi 彦 根 市 196.87 113.993 113,679 577.43
25203 Nagahama- shi 長 浜 市 681.02 115,618 118.193 173.55
25204 Ōmihachiman- shi 近 江 八 幡 市 177.45 81,384 81,312 458.22
25206 Kusatsu- shi 草津 市 67.82 140.927 137.247 2023.70
25207 Moriyama- shi 守 山 市 55.74 82.010 79,859 1432.71
25208 Ritto- shi 栗 東 市 52.69 68,481 66,749 1266.82
25209 Kōka- shi 甲 賀 市 481.62 89,560 90.901 188.74
25210 Yasu- shi 野 洲 市 80.14 50.123 49,889 622.52
25211 Konan- shi 湖南 市 70.40 54,429 54,289 771.15
25212 Takashima- shi 高 島 市 693.05 47,930 50.025 72.18
25213 Higashiōmi- shi 東 近 江 市 388.37 113,305 114.180 294.00
25214 Maibara- shi 米 原 市 250.39 38.202 38,719 154.63
25380 Gamō-gun 蒲 生 郡 162.15 33,320 34,307 211.58
25383   Hino-cho 日 野 町 117.60 21,237 21,873 185.99
25384   Ryūō-chō 竜 王 町 44.55 12,083 12,434 279.10
25420 Echi-gun 愛 知 郡 37.97 20,901 20,778 547.22
25425   Aisho-cho 愛 荘 町 37.97 20,901 20,778 547.22
25440 Inukami-gun 犬 上郡 157.20 21,210 21,816 138.78
25441   Toyosato-cho 豊 郷 町 7.80 7356 7422 951.54
25442   Kōra-chō 甲 良 町 13.63 6612 7039 516.43
25443   Taga-cho 多 賀 町 135.77 7242 7355 54.17
Shi-bu ( All Shi , proportion of urban districts) 市 部 3660.07 1,337,450 1,336,015 365.02
Gun-bu ( All Gun , percentage of counties) 郡 部 357.32 75,431 76.901 215.22
25,000 Shiga-Ken (Shiga Prefecture) 滋 賀 県 4017.38 1,412,881 1,412,916 351.70

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

Biggest places

Former and Existing Cities (-shi)
October 1st census results
VZ year Residents
2015 2010 2005 2000
Ōtsu 340.973 337,634 301,672 288.240
Kusatsu 137.247 130,874 121.159 115,455
Nagahama 118.193 124.131 62,225 60.104
Higashiōmi 114.180 115.479 78,803 -
Hikone 113,679 112.156 109,779 107,860
Coca 90.901 92,704 93,853 -
Ōmihachiman 81,312 81,738 68,530 68,366
Moriyama 79,859 76,560 70,823 65,542
Rittō 66,749 63,655 59,869 -
Konan 54,289 54,614 55,325 -
Takashima 50.025 52,486 53,950 -
Yasu 49,889 49,955 49,486 -
Maibara 38,719 40,060 41.009 -
Yōkaichi - - - 44,351
  • October 1, 2001 - the small town of Rittō is elevated to an independent city .
  • October 1, 2004 - the small town of Yasu incorporates a community and is raised to the status of an independent city .
  • October 1, 2004 - two municipalities merge to form the independent city of Konan .
  • October 1, 2004 - the small town of Kōka integrates three communities and becomes a district-free city .
  • October 1, 2005 - the small town of Takashima incorporates five parishes and becomes an independent city .
  • February 11, 2005 - the independent city of Yōkaichi merges with four other municipalities and forms the independent city of Higashiōmi .
  • February 14, 2005 - three municipalities merge to form the independent city of Maibara .
  • February 26, 2006 - Two parishes merge to form the independent city of Aishoo .

Population development in the prefecture

Census Population - Census Results
Census
year		 Total
population		 male
population		 female
population		 Gender
ratio
men to 1000 women 		Area
in km 2 		Population
density
per km 2
1920 651.050 313,737 337.313 930.1 4050.93 160.72
1925 662.412 321.071 341,341 940.6 4050.93 163.52
1930 691.631 337.016 354,615 950.4 4050.93 170.73
1935 711.436 345.185 366.251 942.5 4050.93 175.62
1940 703.679 341,631 362.048 943.6 4050.93 173.71
1945 860.911 394,802 466.109 847.0 4050.93 212.52
1950 861.180 413.110 448.070 922.0 4025.36 213.94
1955 853.734 409.813 443.921 923.2 4016.00 212.58
1960 842,695 403.281 439.414 917.8 4016.00 209.83
1965 853.385 409.502 443,883 922.5 4016.00 212.50
1970 889.768 429,885 459.883 934.8 4016.00 221.56
1975 985.621 481.733 503,888 956.0 4016.00 245.42
1980 1,079,898 529.208 550,690 961.0 4016.00 268.90
1985 1,155,844 568,735 587.109 968.7 4016.00 287.81
1990 1,222,411 601.082 621,329 967.4 4017.23 304.29
1995 1,287,005 634,648 652.357 972.9 4017.36 320.36
2000 1,342,832 663.432 679,400 976.5 4017.36 334.26
2005 1,380,361 681.474 698,887 975.1 4017.36 343.60
2010 1,410,777 696.769 714.008 975.9 4017.36 351.17
2015 1,412,916 696.941 715.975 973.4 4017.38 351.70

police

Police headquarters in Ōtsu

As in most prefectures without a designated city, Shiga's public security commission consists of three members who are appointed by the governor with the approval of parliament. The Shiga police force consists of around 2,200 police officers who (as of April 1, 2013) are on duty in 12 police stations, 56 kōban and 106 rural police houses (chūzaisho) .

photos

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shiga Prefectural Parliament : MPs by political group , accessed August 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ 滋 賀 県 知事 選 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. June 24, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Shiga Gov. Taizo Mikazuki defeats Manabu Kondo to win second four-year term . In: The Japan Times . June 24, 2018, accessed August 17, 2018 .
  4. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 滋 賀 県 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019, Retrieved August 8, 2019 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ Kokudo Chiriin (GSI - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), gsi.go.jp 平 成 29 年全国都 道 府 県 市区 町 村 別 面積 調 (Nationwide survey of all prefectures and municipalities 2017), p. 64: 25 Shiga-ken (PDF ; Japanese) Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ 簡 単 検 索 ・ 詳細 検 索 ・ 検 索 サ ン プ ル , Retrieved January 30, 2019 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ e-stat (English), accessed on January 30, 2019.
  8. ↑ e-Stat database , accessed on January 30, 2019 (English)
  9. ↑ Shiga Prefectural Public Security Commission
  10. ↑ Shiga Prefectural Police

Coordinates: 35 ° 7 '  N , 136 ° 4'  E