Kagawa Prefecture

The Kagawa Prefecture (Japanese香 川 県, Kagawa-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan and is located adjacent to the Japanese island of Shikoku, in the Seto Inland Sea. She went in 1871 from the province of Sanuki forth. Seat of the prefectural government is Takamatsu.

Politics and Administration

  • LDP: 28
  • SDP: 6
  • Kōmeitō: 2
  • JCP: 2
  • DPJ: 2
  • Non-attached Members: 1

Governor of Kagawa since 2010 Keizo Hamada, who was elected with the support of the major parties to succeed Takeki Manabe. The Parliament was last elected in the uniform regional elections in April 2011, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP ) won with 27 of 41 seats a clear absolute majority.

In the national parliament Kagawa is represented by three directly elected deputies in Shūgiin, after the election of 2012, two Liberal Democrats and the only Democrat from the 13 constituencies on Shikoku. Ins Sangiin the prefecture selects one delegate per sub -dial, most recently in 2010 and 2013 Liberal Democrats.

Administrative divisions

Large cities (市shi )

  • Seat of the prefectural government: Takamatsu
  • Higashikagawa
  • Kan'onji
  • Marugame
  • Mitoyo
  • Takamatsu
  • Sanuki
  • Zentsuji

Counties (郡, gun)

List of counties of the Kagawa Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, chō ). The last village community (son ) was abolished in 1970 by amalgamation.

  • Ayauta Ayagawa
  • Utazu
  • Naoshima
  • Miki
  • Kotohira
  • Manno
  • Tadotsu
  • Shodoshima
  • Tonoshō

Kotohira- gū

Castle Marugame

Takamatsu castle

Benesse House, Naoshima

Administrative centre Takamatsu, Kagawa Municipalities of Japan Tree Fish Sanuki Province Japanese Communist Party Cities of Japan Higashikagawa, Kagawa Marugame, Kagawa Mitoyo, Kagawa Sakaide, Kagawa Sanuki (Kagawa) List of villages in Japan Kotohira (Kagawa) Tadotsu (Kagawa)
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