Aichi Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture is Japan's industrial heartland and home to Toyota.
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Where it is
Coordinates: 35°10′44″N 136°54′50″E (35.1790, 136.9140) · Open in OpenStreetMap
Coordinates and connected clubs: the infobox of Wikipedia: Aichi Prefecture (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map: drawn by Codexery from OpenStreetMap tiles.
Aichi Prefecture is located in the Chūbu region of Honshū, Japan, with a population of 7,461,111 and an area of 5172.92 km².[1]
Geography and history
Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture are the core of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, the third-largest in Japan. 23% of the prefecture's land area is designated as Natural Parks, including four Quasi-National Parks.[1][2] Under the Ritsuryo system, Aichi was divided into Owari, Mikawa, and Ho regions.[3] In April 1872, Nagoya Prefecture was renamed Aichi Prefecture.[3] On November 27, 1872, Nukata Prefecture was abolished and its area merged into Aichi, uniting the two provinces.[3]
The prefectural government was established at Nagoya Castle in Aichi District, and the district's name was adopted for the prefecture.[3] In earlier times, the area consisted of two separate provinces: Owari and Mikawa.[1]
What the cited sources add
The Aichi Prefectural Government's official site states that the name "Aichi" derives from the ancient name "Ayuchi," found in a poem by Takechi Kurohito in the Man'yōshū.[3] That poem describes the cry of a crane at the draining Ayuchi Flats.[3] At its founding, Aichi had over 2,900 towns and villages, but mergers reduced this to 88 by 1970.[3] Further mergers during the Heisei period left Aichi with 60 municipalities as of October 1, 2009.[3]
The Fujimae tidal flat, which is now a protected area, represents the sole surviving portion of the former Ayuchi-gata.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Aichi Prefecture" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Frédéric, "Japan Encyclopedia", Harvard University Press, 31 May 2002 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Aichi Prefecture" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "General overview of area figured for Natural Parks by prefecture", Government of Japan, 1 April 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Summary of Aichi Prefecture", Aichi Prefectural Government Official Site, n.d.. facts only, no text reused. web.archive.org
- Wikipedia, "Aichi Prefecture" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Summary of Aichi Prefecture", Aichi Prefectural Government Official Site, n.d.; Sadamichi, "Rediscovering an Ancient Poem to Save a Tidal Flat", International Studies in Literature and Environment, 1 July 2000, p. 189 197 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Aichi Prefecture (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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