Nagano Prefecture
The Nagano Prefecture (Japanese长野 県, Nagano-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan. It is located in the Chūbu region on the island of Honshu. Seat of the prefectural government is the city of Nagano.
Politics and Administration
- LDP: 20
- Kaikaku, Shimpū (DP, SDP ): 14
- Kenmin Club, Komei: 8
- JCP: 6
- Kensei Nagano: 6
- Mushozoku Kaikaku club: 2
- Non-attached Members: 1
Governor of Nagano is since the election in August 2010 Shuichi Abe. Until today aftermath to the prefecture policy, the term of office of Governor Yasuo Tanaka 2000-2006, whose attempts at reform the reputation of a " Advocate of the People's interests," earned him the case of trailers whose opponent but criticized him for his leadership style and described as populist. Tanaka had declared among other things, a moratorium on dams and goes against the " Heisei incorporations " ( Heisei no Daigappei ) provided, in which the country together many smaller communities to larger or were incorporated into existing cities. In 2006 he was voted out of office against the former Liberal Democrat Jin Murai and moved into national politics. Murai again retired to a term of office, and Vice Governor Yoshimasa Koshihara should be his successor with LDP support, the 2010 election but lost almost at Shuichi Abe, whose candidacy was supported by the Democratic Party and the lieutenant governor had been under Tanaka.
In the regular 58 -member Parliament Prefecture provide parteiungebunde MPs, the majority in the elections of April 2011, there were 23 independent election winner, the Liberal Democratic Party won 16 seats, the Communist Party of Japan six, the Democratic Party of five.
After Nagatacho Nagano sends five directly elected members in the House of Representatives - 2012 three Liberal Democrats and two Democrats - and two MPs per election to the council house, which has spread like most two- mandate constituencies equally between the two major parties in 2010 and 2013, the prefecture.
With a " financial strength index " ( zaiseiryokushisū ) of less than 0.5 Nagano belonged in recent years for the lower middle of the financial equalization receiver that can cover almost half of their theoretically calculated requirement of own tax revenues.
Administrative divisions
Independent cities (市shi )
- Chūkakushi ( " core city " ) Nagano, the seat of the prefectural government
- Matsumoto
- Other county-level cities Azumino
- Chikuma
- Chino
- Iida
- Iiyama
- Ina
- Komagane
- Komoro
- Nakano
- Okaya
- Ōmachi
- Saku
- Shiojiri
- Suwa
- Suzaka
- Tomi
- Ueda
Counties (郡, gun)
List of districts of Nagano Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, chō or machi ) and villages (村, mura ).
- Chiisagata Aoki
- Nagawa
- Sakaki
- Asahi
- Chikuhoku
- Ikusaka
- Granny
- Yamagata
- Iijima
- Minamiminowa
- Minowa
- Miyada
- Nakagawa
- Tatsuno
- Iizuna
- Ogawa
- Shinano
- Kamitakai Obuse
- Takayama
- Agematsu
- Kiso -mura
- Kiso -machi
- Nagiso
- Okuwa
- Otaki
- Hakuba
- Ikeda
- Matsukawa
- Otari
- Karuizawa
- Miyota
- Tateshina
- Kawakami
- Kitaaiki
- Koumi
- Minamiaiki
- Minamimaki
- Sakuho
- Shimoina Achi
- Anan
- Hiraya
- Matsukawa
- Neba
- Oshika
- Shimojo
- Takagi
- Takamori
- Tenryu
- Toyooka
- Urugi
- Yasuoka
- Sakae
- Kijimadaira
- Nozawaonsen
- Yamanouchi
- Fujimi
- Hara
- Shimosuwa
Biggest Towns
Zenko -ji
Matsumoto Castle
Kiso River