Yamaguchi Prefecture

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Yamaguchi-ken
山口 県
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Basic data
Administrative headquarters : Yamaguchi
Region : Chūgoku
Main island : Honshu
Area : 6,112.53  km²
Water content: 2.6  %
Residents : 1,355,495
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 222 inhabitants per km²
Counties : 4th
Municipalities : 19th
ISO 3166-2 : JP-35
Governor : Tsugumasa Muraoka
Website: www.pref.yamaguchi.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Yamaguchi Prefecture Flag
Prefecture tree : Japanese red pine
Prefecture flower : Citrus natsudaidai
Vogel prefecture : Black crane
Fish prefecture : Puffer fish
Prefecture mammal : Cervus nippon centralis
Prefecture song : Yamguchi-kenmin no uta
("Song of the Citizens of Yamaguchi")

The Yamaguchi Prefecture ( Jap. 山口県 , Yamaguchi-ken ) is a prefecture in Japan . It is located in the Chūgoku region on the island of Honshū . Its administrative seat is in Yamaguchi .

The main city in Yamaguchi Prefecture is not its small capital, but the Shimonoseki industrial port , which is connected to Kyushu Island by a tunnel, bridge and ferry .

history

The Yamaguchi prefecture was established in 1871 in the course of the abolition of the Han , the feudal fiefdom, from the previous fiefdoms Chōshū or Yamaguchi , Tokuyama , Iwakuni , Chōfu and Kiyosue , which were briefly divided into four prefectures (Yamaguchi, Iwakuni, Toyoura, Kiyosue) were reorganized and then merged. The prefecture thus covers the area of ​​the ancient provinces of Nagato and Suō . The prefecture administration was established in what is now Yamaguchi City.

In 1889, during the modernization of the municipal regulations in the Yamaguchi prefecture, a district-free city (Akamagaseki in today's Shimonoseki), four district cities (Yanaitsu in today's Yanai, Yamaguchi, Hagi and Iwakuni) and over 200 village communities were created.

politics

Political groups in the prefectural parliament
(as of June 2, 2019)
       
A total of 47 seats
  • LDP : 27
  • Kōmeitō : 5
  • Minseikai (with DVP ): 5
  • LDP Shinseikai ( 新生 会 ): 3
  • KPY : 2
  • Shamintō・ shimin rengō: 2
  • Three other factions: 3

In the gubernatorial election in February 2018 , incumbent Tsugumasa Muraoka was re-elected for a second term with LDP-Kōmeitō support against a CPJ-SDP-backed challenger. The voter turnout fell compared to the 2014 election (38.8%) to a new record low of 36.49%.

In parliament, the LDP defended its absolute majority in the April 2019 elections with 29 out of 47 seats. However, the LDP MPs, along with some of the independents, are spread across several parliamentary groups.

Like much of the Chūgoku region, Yamaguchi is a "Conservative Kingdom" ( Hoshu Ōkuku ), a stronghold of the LDP. In the national parliament , Yamaguchi is represented by four directly elected members of the House of Representatives . The prefecture elects one representative per election to the Senate .

Currently (as of August 2019) the delegation to the national parliament consists of:

  • in the House of Representatives
    • for constituency 1 with the city of Yamaguchi: Masahiro Kōmura (LDP, 1st term of office), son and successor of Masahiko Kōmura ,
    • for constituency 2 in the east on the border with Hiroshima with the city of Iwakuni: Nobuo Kishi (LDP, 3rd term, previously two in the Senate), a grandson of LDP Chairman / Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi
    • for constituency 3 in the north and west with the city of Ube: Takeo Kawamura (LDP, 10th term of office), former education and science minister, 2017 chairman of the budget committee in the House of Representatives
    • for constituency 4 in the far west with Yamaguchi's largest city Shimonoseki: Shinzō Abe (LDP, 9th term), LDP chairman / prime minister and grandson of Nobusuke Kishi
  • in the Senate
    • until 2022
    • by 2025
      • Yoshimasa Hayashi (LDP, 5th term), former Minister of Defense, Agriculture and Education

Yamaguchi is the home of the Kishi - Abe - Satō family of politicians , in the old electoral law for the House of Representatives from the post-war period until 1996, members of the Abe branch of the family represented the four-mandate 1st constituency of Yamaguchi the western part of the prefecture, Satōs and Kishis the five-mandate 2nd constituency in Eastern part. Another prime minister from the prefecture was Tanaka Giichi , whose son Tatsuo became the first elected governor of Yamaguchi in 1947 and later represented the 1st constituency.

Administrative division

After the prefectures were divided into today's municipal forms in 1889, the Yamaguchi prefecture consisted of one urban district and 12 districts (with 4 small towns and 224 villages). Through incorporations and mergers, the number of municipalities fell from 226 (1920) through 173 (1950) to 70 in 1955. Since 2010, the prefecture has been divided into 13 independent cities (Shi) and 6 small towns (Chō). Of the 4 remaining districts (Gun), three consist of only one municipality each. Since 2005 the largest city Shimonoseki is a "core city" ( chūkakushi ).

As the last village in the prefecture, Hongō was incorporated into the city of Iwakuni in March 2006.

In the table below, the districts ( 郡 , gun ) are shown in italics, below each (indented) the small towns ( 町 , chō ) within. 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 ).

code Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density (inh / km²)
Rōmaji Kanji October 1, 2017 1 October 1, 2019 3 October 1, 2015 2
35201 Shimonoseki- shi 下 関 市 716.10 259.855 268,517 374.97
35202 Ube- shi 宇 部 市 286.65 165,522 169,429 591.07
35203 Yamaguchi- shi 山口 市 1023.23 195,600 197,422 192.94
35204 Hagi- shi 萩 市 698.31 46,606 49,560 70.97
35206 Hofu- shi 防 府 市 189.37 114,601 115,942 612.25
35207 Kudamatsu- shi 下 松 市 89.35 56,550 55,812 624.64
35208 Iwakuni- shi 岩 国 市 873.72 132.172 136,757 156.52
35210 Hikari- shi 光 市 92.13 50.143 51,369 557.57
35211 Nagato- shi 長 門市 357.31 33,570 35,439 99.18
35212 Yanai- shi 柳 井 市 140.05 31,598 32,945 235.24
35213 Mine- shi 美 祢 市 472.64 24,619 26,159 55.35
35215 Shunan -shi 周 南市 656.29 141,225 144,842 220.70
35216 Sanyo-Onoda shi 山陽 小野 田 市 133.09 61,434 62,671 470.89
35300 Ōshima-gun 大 島 郡 138.09 15,890 17.199 124.55
35305 Suōoshima-chō   周 防 大 島 町 138.09 15,890 17.199 124.55
35320 Kuga gun 玖 珂 郡 10.58 6309 6285 594.05
35321 Waki-cho   和 木 町 10.58 6309 6285 594.05
35340 Kumage gun 熊 毛 郡 119.70 29,617 30,918 258.30
35341 Kaminoseki-chō   上 関 町 34.69 2482 2803 80.80
35343 Taboo-chō   田 布施 町 50.42 14,941 15,317 303.79
35344 Hirao-cho   平生 町 34.59 12,194 12,798 369.99
35500 Abu-gun 阿 武 郡 115.95 3184 3463 29.87
35502 Abu-cho   阿 武 町 115.95 3184 3463 29.87
Shi-bu ( All shi , part of urban districts) 市 部 5,728.22 1,313,495 1,346,864 235.13
Gun-bu ( All gun , proportion of counties) 郡 部 384.31 55,000 57,865 150.57
35000 Yamaguchi-ken (Yamaguchi Prefecture) 山口 県 6,112.53 1,368,495 1,404,729 229.81

swell

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

Biggest places

Existing and former cities (-shi)
Census year Residents
2015 2010 2005 2000
Shimonoseki 268,517 280,947 290,693 252,389
Yamaguchi 197,422 196.628 191,677 140,447
Ube 169,429 173.772 178.955 174,416
Shunan 144,842 149,487 152.387 ——
Iwakuni 136,757 143.857 103.507 105,762
Hofu 115,942 116,611 116,818 117,724
San'yō-Onoda 62,671 64,550 66,261 ——
Kudamatsu 55,812 55.012 53.509 53.101
Hikari 51,369 53.004 53,971 46,422
Hagi 49,560 53,747 57,990 46.004
Nagato 35,439 38,349 41,127 24.092
Yanai 32,945 34,730 35,927 33,597
mine 26,159 28,630 17,754 18,638
Tokuyama —— —— —— 104,672
Onoda —— —— —— 45,085
Shinnan'yō —— —— —— 32,153

April 21, 2003 - The cities of Tokuyama and Shinnan'yō as well as two other communities merge to form the new independent city Shūnan .
March 22, 2005 - The city of Onoda and the municipality of San'yō-chō merge to form the new independent city of San'yō-Onoda .

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 1,041,013 521.041 519.972 1002 6082.11 171.2
1925 1,094,544 552.793 541.751 1020 6082.11 180.0
1930 1,135,637 571,642 563.995 1014 6082.11 186.7
1935 1,190,542 598.434 592.108 1011 6082.11 195.7
1940 1,294,242 658.265 635.977 1035 6082.11 212.8
1945 1,356,491 638.167 718.324 888 6082.11 223.0
1950 1,540,882 760.220 780.662 974 6098.11 252.7
1955 1,609,839 792,546 817.293 970 6073.10 265.1
1960 1,602,207 780.439 821,768 950 6073.10 263.8
1965 1,543,573 740.934 802.639 923 6079.43 253.9
1970 1,511,448 719.147 792.301 908 6084.85 248.4
1975 1,555,218 743.833 811.385 917 6095.45 255.1
1980 1,587,079 759.255 827.824 917 6101.18 260.1
1985 1,601,627 763,803 837.824 912 6106.05 262.3
1990 1,572,616 744.844 827.772 900 6109.09 257.4
1995 1,555,543 736,555 818.988 899 6110.08 254.6
2000 1,527,964 722.683 805.281 897 6110.45 250.1
2005 1,492,606 703.721 788.885 892 6111.91 244.2
2010 1,451,338 684.176 767.162 892 6113.95 237.4
2015 1,404,729 665.008 739.721 899 6112.30 229.8

Famous Products

Hagi pottery comes from Yamaguchi Prefecture and is characterized by a light craquele glaze with an often reddish color. A notch cut into the base is typical of Hagi pottery. Mainly tea bowls and teapots are offered.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yamaguchi Prefectural Parliament : Members by political group , accessed August 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ 現 職 の 村 岡 嗣 政 氏 が 大 差 で 再 選 . In: Mainichi Shimbun . February 5, 2018, Retrieved April 3, 2018 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ 山口 知事 選 、 現 職 の 村 岡 嗣 政 氏 が 再 選 . In: Yomiuri Online . February 5, 2018, Retrieved April 3, 2018 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 山口 県 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ 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 survey of all prefectures and municipalities 2017) , p. 81: 35 Yamaguchi-ken (Japanese), accessed on 16 January 2019
  6. ↑ e-stat (English), accessed on January 16, 2019
  7. ↑ 簡 単 検 索 ・ 詳細 検 索 ・ 検 索 サ ン プ ル , accessed January 16, 2019 (Japanese)
  8. ↑ e-Stat database , accessed on January 16, 2019 (English)

Coordinates: 34 ° 4 ′  N , 131 ° 30 ′  E