Toyama Prefecture
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| Image:Japan Toyama large.png | |
| Capital | Toyama (city) |
| Region | Chubu |
| Island | Honshu |
| Governor | Takakazu Ishii |
| Area | 4,247.22 km² (33rd) |
| - % water | 0.1% |
| Population (October 1, 2001) | |
| - Population | 1,120,320 (38th) |
| - Density | 264 /km² |
| Districts | 6 |
| Municipalities | 27 |
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-16 |
| Web site | www.pref.toyama.jp/ master/02guide/ welcome/welcome_e.htm |
| Prefectural Symbols | |
| - Flower | Tulip (Tulipa) |
| - Tree | Tateyamasugi (Cryptomeria japonica) |
| - Bird | Snow grouse (Lagopus mutus) |
| Image:PrefSymbol-Toyama.png Symbol of Toyama Prefecture | |
Toyama Prefecture (富山県; Toyama-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is city of Toyama.
Toyama is leading industrial prefecture on the Japan-sea coast, and has industrial advantage "cheap electricity". The Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around 1950.
Contents |
History
Geography
Cities
- Himi
- Kurobe
- Namerikawa
- Nanto
- Oyabe
- Shinminato
- Takaoka
- Tonami
- Toyama (capital)
- Uozu
Towns and villages
These are the towns and villages in each district.
The prefecture used to have a seventh district, Higashitonami, consisting of the towns of Fukona, Inami, Johana, and Shogawa and the villages of Inokuchi, Kamiataira, Taira, and Toga. All of these towns and villages except Shogawa participated in the merger that formed the city of Nanto. The former Shogawa town is now part of the city of Tonami.
Economy
The Kurobe dam generates hydroelectricity for Kansai Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture.
Demographics
Culture
Tourism
Regional dishes of Toyama include trout sushi and firefly squid.
The region is traversed by the Hokuriku Line, with high speed rail access to Osaka via the Thunderbird train. The Shirasagi train allows for easy transfer to the Nagano shinkansen bullet-train line.
Prefectural symbols
Miscellaneous topics
External links
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| Cities | |||
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| Himi | Kurobe | Namerikawa | Nanto | Oyabe | Shinminato | Takaoka | Tonami | Toyama (capital) | Uozu | |||
| Districts | |||
| Imizu | Kaminiikawa | Nakaniikawa | Nei | Nishitonami | Shimoniikawa | |||
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