Akita Prefectur

Akita Prefectur (秋田県, Akita-ken) is a prefectur o Japan locatit in the Tōhoku region o northren Honshu, the main island o Japan.^[2] The caipital is the ceety o Akita.^[3]

Akita Prefecture 秋田県
Prefectur
Japanese transcription(s)
• Japanese	秋田県
• Rōmaji	Akita-ken
Seembol
Kintra	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Island	Honshu
Caipital	Akita (ceety)
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Norihisa Satake
Area
• Total	11,612.22 km2 (4,483.50 sq mi)
Area rank	6th
Population  (2010-10-01[1])
• Total	1,106,050
• Rank	37th
• Density	95.2/km2 (247/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	JP-05
Destricts	6
Municipalities	25
Flouer	Fuki (a kynd o butterbur, Petasites japonicus)
Tree	Akita-sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)
Bird	Copper pheasant (Phasianus soemmerringii)
Website	www.pref.akita.jp

Notes

1. National Census 2010 Preliminary Results
2. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780 at Google Books; "Tōhoku" in p. 970 at Google Books.
3. Nussbaum, "Akita" in p. 20 at Google Books.

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Akita Prefectur at Wikimedia Commons

• Offeecial Akita Prefectur wabsteid (in Japanese)
• Offeecial Akita Prefectur wabsteid Archived 2010-02-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)
• Akita Sichtseein Guide Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)