Mie Prefecture facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mie Prefecture |
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| Capital | Tsu | ||||||||
| Region | Kansai | ||||||||
| Island | Honshu | ||||||||
| Governor | Eikei Suzuki (since April 2011) | ||||||||
| Area (rank) | 5,777.22 km² (25th) | ||||||||
| - % water | 0.7% | ||||||||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||||||||
| - Population | 1,855,177 (23rd) | ||||||||
| - Density | 321 /km² | ||||||||
| Districts | 7 | ||||||||
| Municipalities | 29 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-24 | ||||||||
| Website | www.pref.mie.jp/ ENGLISH/ |
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| Prefectural Symbols | |||||||||
| - Flower | Iris (Iris ensata) | ||||||||
| - Tree | Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) | ||||||||
| - Bird | Snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) | ||||||||
| - Fish | Japanese spiny lobster ("Panulirus japonicus") | ||||||||
 Symbol of Mie Prefecture |
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Mie Prefecture (三重県, Mie-ken) is a prefecture of in the Kansai region of Japan on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Tsu.
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History
Mie prefecture was created by merging the area of Ise Province, Shima Province, Iga Province and Kii Province.
In 1871, the area from the Kisosansen River in the north to the city of Tsu became Anōtsu Prefecture. The area south of Tsu became Watarai Prefecture. In 1876, Anōtsu Prefecture and Watarai Prefecture joined to become Mie Prefecture.
Mie has four dialects…Iga dialect, Ise dialect, Shima dialect, Kisyuu dialect
Geography
Mie Prefecture is on the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula. The prefectures that surround Mie are Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, and Wakayama Prefecture.
Cities
There are fourteen cities in Mie Prefecture:
National Parks
National Parks are established in about 35% of the total land area of the prefecture.
Shrines and Temples
Aekuni jinja, Tsubaki jinja, and Izawa jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.
Related pages
Images for kids
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Ise Shrine
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Regional division of Mie as used by the Japan Meteorological Agency: The primary division is between North/Central and South, the former being further subdivided into North, Central and Iga, the latter into Ise-Shima and KiSei/East Kishū; Ise/Sei-shū, Shima/Shi-shū, Iga/I-shū and Kii/Ki-shū are the four Ritsuryō provinces that are partly or entirely part of modern Mie.
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Mie coastline, near Toba
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Yokkaichi
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Ise
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Iga
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Owase
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Meoto Rocks in Ise Bay, Ise
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Mount Gozaisho and cable-car in Komono
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Winter Illumination event in Nabana Village Park, Kuwana
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Kitabatake Jōkan garden
See also
In Spanish: Prefectura de Mie para niños
