Nara Prefecture
The Nara Prefecture (Japanese奈良 県, Nara - ken) is a prefecture of Japan. It is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island. Seat of the prefectural government is the city of Nara.
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History
In today's field of Nara Prefecture since antiquity lies the province of Yamato.
It is certain that Yamato in the early history of Japan was a political center and the 3rd and 4th century at the foot of Mount Miwa, there was a political power which united a large part of Japan. However, there are few documents from this period.
In the Meiji Restoration of 1868 was a first Nara Prefecture in advance of the Tokugawa -controlled areas ( Bakuryō ) in the province of Yamato. The prefecture has been extended to briefly converted into 15 prefectures principalities in the province of Yamato at the abolition of principalities in 1871 and thereafter corresponded essentially its present area, which covers the entire province of Yamato. The first Nara Prefecture existed until 1876, when it became part of the Sakai Prefecture; this in turn was incorporated in 1881 in the prefecture of Osaka. In 1887, the Nara Prefecture was again separated and is since then without significant territorial modification. The first prefecture Parliament opened its first session in 1888 Todai -ji.
Politics and Administration
- LDP: 12
- DPJ: 8
- LDP Reform: 7
- JCP: 5
- Nara Genki Club: 4
- Kōmeitō: 3
- Ishin: 3
- Minna: 1
- Non-attached Members: 1
Since 2007, the former national LDP MPs Shogo Arai is governor of Nara, he was re-elected in uniform regional elections in April 2011 for a second term. Im also selected for the Simplified Regional Elections Parliament, the LDP 's largest party, the Democratic Party won eight seats, the five Kōmeitō and the Communist Party of Japan three.
For the national parliament Nara selects four deputies directly to the House of Representatives, in 2012 three Liberal Democrats and a Democrat, and one for each election to the council house, after the elections of 2010 and 2013, a Democrat and a Liberal Democrat.
The financial position of the prefecture is below average nationwide comparison, with a " financial strength index " ( zaiseiryoku Shisu ) 0.4 ( Fj. 2005. 0.36; Fj 2009: 0.44 ), the prefecture less than half of their theoretically calculated cover out of its own funds.
Administrative divisions
Independent cities (市shi )
- Chūkaku -shi ( " core city " ) Nara, the seat of the prefectural government
- Gojo
- Gose
- Ikoma
- Kashiba
- Kashihara
- Katsuragi
- Sakurai
- Tenri
- Uda
- Yamatokoriyama
- Yamatotakada
Counties (郡, gun)
List of districts of Nara Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, chō ) and villages (村, mura ).
- Ikoma Ando
- Heguri
- Ikaruga
- Sango
- Kanmaki
- Kawai
- Koryo
- Ōji
- Shiki Kawanishi
- Miyake
- Tawaramoto
- Asuka
- Takatori
- Uda Mitsue
- Soni
- Yamazoe
- Yoshino Higashiyoshino
- Kamikitayama
- Kawakami
- Kurotaki
- Nosegawa
- OYODO
- Shimoichi
- Shimokitayama
- Tenkawa
- Totsukawa
- Yoshino
Todai -ji
Hōryū -ji
Kōfuku -ji