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[[Image:Todaiji Temple.jpg|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Todaiji Temple.jpg/credit|{{Todaiji Temple.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Todai-ji (東大寺 ''Toodai-ji''), a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple and grounds in [[Nara]] city (奈良市 ''Nara-shi''), 743 AD.]] | {{dambigbox|the region|Nara}} | ||
[[Image:Todaiji Temple.jpg|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Todaiji Temple.jpg/credit|{{Todaiji Temple.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Todai-ji (東大寺 ''Toodai-ji''), a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple and grounds in [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] city (奈良市 ''Nara-shi''), founded 743 AD.]] | |||
'''Nara prefecture''' (奈良県 ''Nara-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kansai]] region of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 1,416,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref> | '''Nara prefecture''' (奈良県 ''Nara-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kansai]] region of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 1,416,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref> | ||
Nara prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Nara]] (奈良市 ''Nara-shi''), which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. That time is referred to as the [[Nara period]]. | Nara prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] (奈良市 ''Nara-shi''), which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. That time is referred to as the [[Nara period]]. | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Nara]] | *[[Nara, Nara]] | ||
*[[Nara period]] | *[[Nara period]] | ||
Revision as of 03:57, 2 July 2008
This article is about the region. For other uses of the term Nara, please see Nara (disambiguation).
Nara prefecture (奈良県 Nara-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Its population was 1,416,000 in 2006.[1]
Nara prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Nara (奈良市 Nara-shi), which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. That time is referred to as the Nara period.
Footnotes
- ↑ Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.