 Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県, Ibaraki-ken) - A
prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region on Honshū
island. The capital is Mito.
Ibaraki Prefecture is the northeastern part of the Kantō
region, stretching between Tochigi Prefecture and the
Pacific Ocean and bounded on the north and south by
Fukushima Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture. It also has
borders on the southwest with Gunma Prefecture and Saitama
Prefecture. The northernmost part of the prefecture is
mountainous, but most of the prefecture is a flat plain with
many lakes.
 Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province.
In 1871, the name of the province became Ibaraki.
Thirty-two cities are located in Ibaraki Prefecture:
Bandō
Chikusei
Hitachi
Hitachinaka
Hitachiōmiya
Hitachiōta
Hokota
Inashiki
Ishioka
Itako
Jōsō (formerly Mitsukaido)
Kamisu
Kasama
Kashima
Kasumigaura
Kitaibaraki
Koga
Mito (capital)
Moriya
Naka
Namegata
Omitama
Ryūgasaki
Sakuragawa
Shimotsuma
Takahagi
Toride
Tsuchiura
Tsukuba
Tsukubamirai
Ushiku
Yūki
Information source: “Ibaraki Prefecture.” wikipedia.org. Article
date: 21 Feb. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 4 Mar. 2008 <Ibaraki Prefecture>. |
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