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'''Yamaguchi prefecture''' (山口県 ''Yamaguchi-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chugoku]] region; it is the westernmost [[Japan/Related_Articles#Prefectures|prefecture]] of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 1,483,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref> | '''Yamaguchi prefecture''' (山口県 ''Yamaguchi-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chugoku]] region; it is the westernmost [[Japan/Related_Articles#Prefectures|prefecture]] of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 1,483,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref> | ||
Yamaguchi prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Yamaguchi]] (山口市 ''Yamaguchi-shi''). | Yamaguchi prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi|Yamaguchi]] (山口市 ''Yamaguchi-shi''). | ||
Yamaguchi often experiences extreme [[weather]] conditions; in August 2009, for example, severe [[flooding]] due to heavy [[rain]] led to fatal [[landslide]]s and [[mudslide]]s. | |||
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Latest revision as of 03:44, 28 July 2009
Yamaguchi prefecture (山口県 Yamaguchi-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Chugoku region; it is the westernmost prefecture of Honshu island. Its population was 1,483,000 in 2006.[1]
Yamaguchi prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Yamaguchi (山口市 Yamaguchi-shi).
Yamaguchi often experiences extreme weather conditions; in August 2009, for example, severe flooding due to heavy rain led to fatal landslides and mudslides.
Footnotes
- ↑ Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.