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The Chūbu region (中部地方 Chūbu-chihō) is the central region o Honshū, Japan's main island. Chūbu haes a population o 21,715,822 as o 2010.[1]
Chūbu, which means "central region", encompasses nine prefecturs (ken): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, Yamanashi,[2] an eften Mie.[3]
It is locatit directly atween the Kantō region an the Kansai region an includes the major ceety o Nagoya as well as alang Paceefic an Sea o Japan coastlines, extensive muntain resorts, an Munt Fuji.
The region is the widest pairt o Honshū an the central pairt is characterized bi heich, rugged muntains. The Japanese Alps divide the kintra intae the Paceefic side, kent as the front o Japan, or Omote-Nihon (表日本) sunny in winter, an the Sea o Japan side, or Ura-Nihon (裏日本), the back o Japan, snawy in winter.
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