Hyōgo Prefecture

The Hyōgo Prefecture (Japanese兵 库 県, Hyōgo - ken) is a prefecture of Japan. It is located in the Kansai region north-west of Osaka on the island of Honshu. Seat of the prefectural government is Kobe.

Geography

In the north of Hyōgo Prefecture is the Sea of ​​Japan, in the south it borders the Inland Sea. With the island of Awaji -shima Hyōgo is connected since 1985 on the Naruto Bridge with the Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku. In 1998, the Akashi - Kaikyo bridge between Honshu and Awajishima was completed. In the West, Hyōgo borders on the prefectures of Okayama and Tottori, on the east by Osaka and Kyoto.

Hyōgo is, apart from the two prefectures at the outer tips of Honshu, the only prefecture, located in both the northern and the southern boundary of the sea. The middle part is mountainous. The climate in the prefecture is different: The south is by mountain ridges of the oceans protected and is particularly in the winter on a relatively mild climate, the interior and the north, it is relatively cold with heavy snowfall on the northern coast.

The administrative headquarters Kobe is the largest city in Hyōgo Prefecture and a cultural and industrial center of Japan. The southern coastline is from Osaka almost to the western edge of the prefecture a consistently populated area with significant industrial and research facilities.

In the Hyōgo Prefecture is also the needle seat Himeji- jo, who was named a World Heritage Site in 1993.

History

The name comes from the fishing village of Hyōgo, now a suburb of Kobe, which was merged with the opening of Japan with the establishment of the new port city of Kobe. The present territory of the Hyōgo Prefecture includes the former provinces of Harima, Tajima, Awaji, and parts of the provinces Settsu and Tamba (now the northern part of Osaka prefecture and the west of Kyoto Prefecture).

The Hyogo Prefecture was founded in 1868 with the opening of the port of Kobe and was originally just a small part of Hyōgo - area. 1876 ​​this was then merged with the former prefectures Shikama, Toyooka and Myodo to today's prefecture.

1947, the governor was first elected as in all prefectures except Okinawa from the people.

On January 17, 1995 ( magnitude 7.3 ) in southern Hyōgo arrived at the great Hanshin earthquake about 4,600 people lost their lives. In 2004, there were devastating floods in the northern part of the prefecture.

Policy

  • LDP: 46
  • DPJ: 20
  • Kōmeitō: 13
  • JCP: 5
  • Non-attached Members: 5

Since 2001 toshizo Ido is governor of Hyōgo, he was last re-elected in the election in July 2013 for a fourth term. In the regular 89- member parliament, the Liberal Democratic Party is clearly the strongest force: She won in the elections in April 2011, 26 seats, their fraction is also includes a significant proportion of non-party deputies to.

Into the national parliament elects Hyōgo 12 deputies directly to the House of Representatives, most recently in 2012 eight Liberal Democrats, two Kōmeitō members and two Democrats and two MPs per election to the council house, after 2010 and 2013, two Liberal Democrats, a Democrat and a member of the Nippon Ishin no Kai.

With a " financial strength index " ( zaiseiryoku Shisu ) over 0.5 Hyōgo belongs to the upper middle of the financial equalization receiver.

Administrative divisions

Cities (市shi )

  • Seirei shitei toshi ( " Regierungsdesignierte big city " ) Kobe, seat of the prefectural government
  • Akashi
  • Kakogawa
  • Takarazuka
  • Other county-level cities Aioi
  • Ako
  • Asago
  • Ashiya
  • Awaji
  • Itami
  • Kasai
  • Katō
  • Kawanishi
  • Miki
  • Minami- Awaji
  • Nishiwaki
  • Ono
  • Sanda
  • Sasayama
  • Shiso
  • Sumoto
  • Takasago
  • Tamba
  • Tatsuno
  • Toyooka
  • Yabu

Counties (郡, gun)

List of counties of Hyōgo Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, chō ). The last village community ( mura ) was dissolved in 1962 by amalgamation.

  • Ako Kamigori
  • Taishi
  • Harima
  • Inami
  • Kanzaki Fukusaki
  • Ichikawa
  • Kamikawa
  • Inagawa
  • Mikata Kami
  • Shinonsen
  • Sayo
  • Taka

Biggest Towns

Kobe port in Kobe

Himeji Castle in Himeji

Castle Ako Ako

Awaji Island

Ikuno in Asago

Takeno beach in Toyooka

Yumura Onsen Shinonsen

Tatsuno

1000 -year-old Katsura Wachi no Ōkatsura in Kami

Hyonosen in Yabu

Ichijō -ji in Kasai

Administrative centre Municipalities of Japan Tree Sea of Japan Tajima Province Awaji Province Settsu Province Tamba Province Japanese Communist Party Japan Restoration Party Cities of Japan Akashi, Hyōgo Kakogawa, Hyōgo Takarazuka, Hyōgo Aioi, Hyōgo Asago, Hyōgo Ashiya, Hyōgo Awaji, Hyōgo Itami, Hyōgo Kawanishi, Hyōgo Minamiawaji, Hyōgo Nishiwaki, Hyōgo Sanda, Hyōgo Sasayama, Hyōgo Sumoto, Hyōgo Takasago, Hyōgo Tamba, Hyōgo Tatsuno, Hyōgo Toyooka, Hyōgo Yabu, Hyōgo List of villages in Japan
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