Miyazaki Prefecture

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Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県; Miyazaki-ken)

Capital	Miyazaki
Region	Kyūshū
Island	Kyūshū
Governor	Tadahiro Ando
Area	6,684.67 km² (19th)
- % water	0.3%
Population  (2000)
- Population	1,170,023 (37th)
- Density	175 /km²
Districts	8
Municipalities	30
ISO 3166-2	JP-45
Website	www.pref.miyazaki.jp/ contents/foreign/english/
Prefectural Symbols
- Flower	Hamayu (Crinum asiaticum var. japonicum)
- Tree	Phoenix palm (Phoenix canariensis)
- Bird	Ijima copper pheasant (Phasianus soemmerringii ijimae)
Symbol of Miyazaki Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県, Miyazaki-ken^?) is located on Kyūshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Miyazaki.

[edit] History

Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture. See Abolition of the han system article for detailed discussion.

[edit] Geography

Image:MiyazakiMapCurrent.png Miyazaki Prefecture is located on the eastern coast of the island of Kyūshū. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the south and east, Ōita Prefecture to the north, and Kumamoto and Kagoshima Prefectures to the west.

[edit] Region

[edit] Cities

Nine cities, 19 towns, and 3 villages are located in Miyazaki Prefecture:

• Ebino
• Hyūga
• Kobayashi
• Kushima
• Miyakonojo
• Miyazaki (capital)
• Nichinan
• Nobeoka
• Saito
• Higashimorokata District
  • Aya, Kunitomi
• Higashiusuki District
  • Kadogawa, Kitagawaǂ, Misato, Morotsuka, Shiiba
• Kitamorokata District
  • Mimata
• Koyu District
  • Kawaminami, Kijo, Nishimera, Shintomi, Takanabe, Tsuno,
• Minaminaka District
  • Kitago, Nango,
• Miyazaki District
  • Kiyotake
• Nishimorokata District
  • Nojiri, Takaharu
• Nishiusuki District
  • Gokase, Hinokage, Takachiho

ǂ Scheduled to be dissolved following mergers.

[edit] Future mergers

The town of Kitagawa is scheduled to merge into the city of Nobeoka. (March 31, 2007)

[edit] Mergers already occured

• The towns of Tano, Sadowara, and Takaoka merged into the city of Miyazaki (January 1, 2006)
• The towns of Takajo, Takazaki, Yamada and Yamanokuchi and the city of Miyakonojo→the city of Miyakonojo (January 1, 2006) ※New municipal organization
• The villages of Nango, Saigo and Kitago→the town of Misato (January 1, 2006)
• The towns of Kitaura and Kitakata merged into the city of Nobeoka (February 20, 2006)
• The town of Togo merged into the city of Hyūga. (February 25, 2006)
• The city of Kobayashi and the village of Suki→the city of Kobayashi. (March 20, 2006) ※New municipal organization

• With the mergers held across Japan, Miyazaki Prefecture is one of the prefectures have only a handful of the new city with a new name (Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa, Yamagata, and Tottori Prefectures are others).

Ama-no-Iwato Shrine in Takachiho. Amaterasu hid here until a dance by Ama-no-Uzume lured her out.

Detail at Ama-no-Iwato Shrine

Cave at Ama-no-Iwato Shrine where Amaterasu hid

[edit] See also

• Miyazaki Ocean Dome

[edit] External links

• Official Miyazaki Prefecture website
• (Japanese) Official Miyazaki Prefecture website

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