Aichi Prefectur

Aichi Prefecture

愛知県
Prefectur
Japanese transcription(s)
 • Japanese愛知県
 • RōmajiAichi-ken
Official logo of Aichi Prefecture
Seembol
Location of Aichi Prefecture
Coordinates: 35°10′48.68″N 136°54′48.63″E / 35.1801889°N 136.9135083°E / 35.1801889; 136.9135083Coordinates: 35°10′48.68″N 136°54′48.63″E / 35.1801889°N 136.9135083°E / 35.1801889; 136.9135083
KintraJapan
RegionChūbu
IslandHonshu
CaipitalNagoya
Govrenment
 • GovrenorHideaki Ōmura (since February 2011)
Area
 • Total5,153.81 km2 (1,989.90 sq mi)
Area rank28t
Population
 (1 Februar 2011)
 • Total7,408,640
 • Rank4t
 • Density1437.51/km2 (3,723.1/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeJP-23
Destricts7
Municipalities54
FlouerKakitsubata (Iris laevigata)
TreeHananoki (Acer pycnanthum)
BirdScops-owl (Otus scops japonicus)
FishKuruma prawn (Penaeus japonicus)
Websitepref.aichi.jp/global/en

Aichi Prefectur (愛知県, Aichi-ken) is a prefectur o Japan locatit in the Chūbu region.[1] The region o Aichi is kent as the Tōkai region. The caipital is Nagoya. It is the focus o the Chūkyō Metropolitan Aurie.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Aichi-ken" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 11 at Google Books; "Chūbu" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 126 at Google Books.
  2. ↑ Nussbaum, "Nagoya" p. 685 at Google Books.

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