Nagano prefecture
Nagano prefecture (長野県; Nagano-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nagano.
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| Capital | Nagano | ||||||||||||||||
| Region: | Chubu | ||||||||||||||||
| Island: | Honshu | ||||||||||||||||
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Ranked 4th
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| Population
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Ranked 16th
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| Districts: | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Municipalities: | 120 | ||||||||||||||||
| : | JP-20 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Pref. Flower: | Gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pref. Tree: | White birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pref. Bird: | Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) | ||||||||||||||||
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2 Geography 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Miscellaneous topics 9 External links |
Nine of the twelve highest mountains in Japan can be found in this inland prefecture. Nagano is also the prefecture which is bordered by the highest number of other prefectures in Japan and it contains the location which is the furthest point from the ocean anywhere in Japan.
History
Geography
Cities
Districts
Economy
Demographics
Culture
Tourism
Prefectural symbols
Miscellaneous topics
External links
Prefectures of Japan
Aichi | Akita | Aomori | Chiba | Ehime | Fukui | Fukuoka | Fukushima | Gifu | Gunma | Hiroshima | Hokkaido | Hyogo | Ibaraki | Ishikawa | Iwate | Kagawa | Kagoshima | Kanagawa | Kochi | Kumamoto | Kyoto | Mie | Miyagi | Miyazaki | Nagano | Nagasaki | Nara | Niigata | Oita | Okayama | Okinawa | Osaka | Saga | Saitama | Shiga | Shimane | Shizuoka | Tochigi | Tokushima | Tokyo | Tottori | Toyama | Wakayama | Yamagata | Yamaguchi | Yamanashi