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[[Image:Mount-Aso.jpg|right|thumb|300px| | [[Image:Mount-Aso.jpg|right|thumb|300px|At the heart of Kyushu lies [[Mount Aso]] (阿蘇山 ''Aso-san''), Japan's largest active [[volcano]].]] | ||
'''Kumamoto prefecture''' (熊本県 ''Kumamoto-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located on the island of [[Kyushu]]. Its population was 1,836,000 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> | '''Kumamoto prefecture''' (熊本県 ''Kumamoto-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located on the island of [[Kyushu]]. Its population was 1,836,000 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> | ||
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Kumamoto prefecture (熊本県 Kumamoto-ken) is an area of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Its population was 1,836,000 in 2006.[1]
Kumamoto prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Kumamoto (熊本市 Kumamoto-shi). Eastwards of the city is the Aso caldera, a volcanic region of which the centre is Mount Aso (阿蘇山 Aso-san), Japan's largest active volcano.
Footnotes
- ↑ Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.