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'''Chiba prefecture''' (千葉県 ''Chiba-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kanto]] region of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 6,074,000 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> It is also considered part of the [[Greater Tokyo Area]].<ref>The 'Greater Tokyo Area' has several definitions and therefore names in [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. A common designation is 'One Metropolis, Three Prefectures' (一都三県 ''Itto Sanken'') - i.e. [[Tokyo]], Chiba, [[Kanagawa prefecture|Kanagawa]] and [[Saitama prefecture|Saitama]].</ref>
'''Chiba prefecture''' (千葉県 ''Chiba-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kanto]] region of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 6,074,000 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> It is also considered part of the [[Greater Tokyo Area]].<ref>The 'Greater Tokyo Area' has several definitions and therefore names in [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. A common designation is 'One Metropolis, Three Prefectures' (一都三県 ''Itto Sanken'') - i.e. [[Tokyo]], Chiba, [[Kanagawa prefecture|Kanagawa]] and [[Saitama prefecture|Saitama]].</ref>


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Chiba prefecture (千葉県 Chiba-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu island. Its population was 6,074,000 in 2006.[1] It is also considered part of the Greater Tokyo Area.[2]

Chiba prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Chiba (千葉市 Chiba-shi).

Footnotes

  1. Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.
  2. The 'Greater Tokyo Area' has several definitions and therefore names in Japanese. A common designation is 'One Metropolis, Three Prefectures' (一都三県 Itto Sanken) - i.e. Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama.

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