Kagawa prefecture - Definition and Overview

Kagawa Prefecture (香川県; Kagawa-ken)

Symbol of Kagawa Prefecture
Capital	Takamatsu
Region	Shikoku
Island	Shikoku
Governor	Takeki Manabe
Area	1,861.70 km² (47th)
- % water	2.8%
Population (2000)
- Population	1,022,843 (40th)
- Density	549 /km²
Districts	6
Municipalities	37
ISO 3166-2	JP-37
Web site	www.pref.kagawa.jp/ (Japanese)
Prefectural Symbols
- Flower	Olive (Olea europaea)
- Tree	Olive tree (Olea europaea)
- Bird	Oriental cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Kagawa Prefecture (香川県; Kagawa-ken) is located on Shikoku island, Japan. The capital is Takamatsu.

History

Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province.

Geography

Kagawa comprises the northeast corner of Shikoku, bordering Ehime Prefecture on the west and Tokushima Prefecture on the south, with a coastline on the Seto Inland Sea facing Okayama Prefecture and the Kansai.

Kagawa is currently the smallest prefecture, by area, in Japan. Osaka Prefecture held that title, until Kansai International Airport was reclaimed from the ocean in the early 1990's, pushing its land area slightly above Kagawa's. Kagawa is a relatively narrow prefecture between the mountains of Shikoku and the sea.

Cities

• Higashikagawa
• Kan'onji
• Marugame
• Sakaide
• Sanuki
• Takamatsu (capital)
• Zentsuji

Districts

• Ayauta
  • Ayakami
  • Ayauta
  • Hanzan
  • Kokubunji
  • Ryonan
  • Utazu
• Kagawa
  • Kagawa
  • Konan
  • Naoshima
  • Shionoe
• Kita
  • Aji
  • Miki
  • Mure
• Mitoyo
  • Mino
  • Nio
  • Onohara
  • Saita
  • Takase
  • Takuma
  • Toyohama
  • Toyonaka
  • Yamamoto
• Nakatado
  • Chunan
  • Kotohira
  • Kotonami
  • Mannou
  • Tadotsu
• Shozu
  • Ikeda
  • Tonosho
  • Uchinomi

Kagawa formerly included a seventh district, Okawa District. On April 1, 2002 five towns in the western part of Okawa (Shido, Tsuda, Nagao, Sangawa, and Okawa) merged to form the city of Sanuki. The remaining three towns (Hiketa, Shirotori, and Ohchi) merged on April 1, 2003 to form the city of Higashikagawa, at which point the district ceased to exist.

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Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Official Kagawa Prefecture homepage (http://www.pref.kagawa.jp/) (Japanese version)

	Cities in Kagawa Prefecture
Higashikagawa | Kan'onji | Marugame | Sakaide | Sanuki | Takamatsu (capital) | Zentsuji

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