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'''Okayama prefecture''' (岡山県 ''Okayama-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chugoku]] region of [[Honshu]] island, within the southerly Sanyo area. Its population was 1,955,000 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> | '''Okayama prefecture''' (岡山県 ''Okayama-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chugoku]] region of [[Honshu]] island, within the southerly Sanyo area. Its population was 1,955,000 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> | ||
Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Okayama]] (岡山市 ''Okayama-shi''). | Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Okayama (city)|Okayama]] (岡山市 ''Okayama-shi''). | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 08:36, 12 December 2010
Okayama prefecture (岡山県 Okayama-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Chugoku region of Honshu island, within the southerly Sanyo area. Its population was 1,955,000 in 2006.[3]
Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Okayama (岡山市 Okayama-shi).
Footnotes
- ↑ Bitchu (備中 Bitchuu) was the name of an old Japanese province.
- ↑ Guide to Japanese Castles: 'Bitchu Matsuyama Castle'.
- ↑ Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.