Chiba Prefecture
The Chiba Prefecture (Japanese千叶 県, Chiba-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan. It is located in the Kantō region on the southeastern edge of the island of Honshu. Seat of the prefectural government is the city of Chiba.
Geography
It is bordered on the north by the Ibaraki Prefecture and to the west by the prefectures of Tokyo and Saitama.
The Chiba Prefecture is above all known, because here is at Narita, the international airport of Tokyo and the Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu of the district. The Boso Peninsula is a recreation area - a large part of the area is occupied by golf courses.
History
The Chiba Prefecture consists of the three former provinces of Awa, Kazusa and Shimousa and was, according to several administrative reforms, on June 15, 1873 from the earlier formed prefectures Kisarazu and Imba.
The name in German means' thousand leaves Chiba and was the name of a resident in this region between the 12th and 16th centuries ruling family.
In Chiba is the Shinsho-ji Temple, a vast complex from the 10th century, belonging to the Shingon Buddhist shū, which is known for its strict asceticism.
Boso Peninsula
Tokyo Disneyland
Politics and Administration
- LDP: 54
- DPJ: 15
- Kōmeitō: 7
- JCP: 4
- Shimin Net / SDP: 4
- Minna: 3
- Ishin: 2
- Seikatsu: 1
Since 2009, Kensaku Morita Governor of Chiba, former actor and member of the national parliament. He was re-elected in the gubernatorial election in March 2013 for a second term. In the 95 - member parliament, the Liberal Democratic Party won the elections in April 2011 - as a result of the Tōhoku earthquake two MPs were elected in May 2011 - with more than 50 seats, an absolute majority.
In the national parliament Chiba is represented by 13 directly elected members in the House - 2012, two Democrats and eleven Liberal Democrats - and the House of Lords select the prefecture three MPs per election and after the elections of 2010 and 2013 by three Liberal Democrats, two Democrats and one Minna -no- Tō deputies represented.
With a " financial strength index " ( zaiseiryoku Shisu ) of about 0.75 Chiba is one of the financially strongest prefectures of the country.
Administrative divisions
Large cities (市shi )
- City by Regulation ( Seirei shitei toshi ) Chiba, the seat of the prefectural government
- Funabashi
- Kashiwa
- Abiko
- Asahi
- Choshi
- Futtsu
- Ichihara
- Ichikawa
- Inzai
- Isumi
- Kamagaya
- Kamogawa
- Katori
- Katsuura
- Kimitsu
- Kisarazu
- Matsudo
- Tateyama
- Mobara
- Nagareyama
- Narashino
- Narita
- Noda
- Oami - Shirasato
- Sakura
- Sammu
- Shiroi
- Sodegaura
- Sosa
- Tateyama
- Tomisato
- Togane
- Urayasu
- Yachimata
- Yachiyo
- Yotsukaido
Counties (郡, gun)
List of districts of Chiba Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, machi ) and villages (村, mura ).
- Awa Awa
- Chonan
- Chosei
- Ichinomiya
- Mutsuzawa
- Nagara
- Shirako
- Imba Sakae
- Shisui
- Onjuku
- Otaki
- Katori Kozaki
- Tako
- Tonoshō
- Kujukuri
- Shibayama
- Yokoshiba - Hikari
Biggest Towns
Culture
Traditionally, the Chiba Prefecture partner region of once in early summer annual Japan Day in Dusseldorf - a German-Japanese encounter festival with over one million visitors.
Symbols
Chiba meibutsu ( " known thing " ) are peanuts. Most of Japan's peanuts are harvested here and further processed into peanut oil.