Iwate Prefecture: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Iwate prefecture (岩手県)

Iwate prefectural symbol
Capital	Morioka
Region:	Tohoku
Island:	Honshu
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 2nd 15,278.40 km² 0.1%
Population  - Total (????)  - Density	Ranked 30th 1,416,180 93/km²
Districts:	12
Municipalities:	59
:	JP-03
Symbols
Pref. Flower:	Paulownia tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
Pref. Tree:	Nanbu red pine tree (Pinus densiflora)
Pref. Bird:	Green pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Iwate Prefecture (岩手県; Iwate-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is Morioka.

History

Cities

• Esashi
• Hanamaki
• Ichinoseki
• Kamaishi
• Kitakami
• Kuji
• Miyako
• Mizusawa
• Morioka (capital)
• Ninohe
• Ofunato
• Rikuzentakata
• Tono

Districts

• Hienuki
  • Ishidoriya
  • Ohasama
• Higashiiwai
  • Daito
  • Fujisawa
  • Higashiyama
  • Kawasaki
  • Murone
  • Senmaya
• Isawa
  • Isawa
  • Kanegasaki
  • Koromogawa
  • Maesawa
• Iwate
  • Ashiro
  • Iwate
  • Kuzumaki
  • Matsuo
  • Nishine
  • Shizukuishi
  • Takizawa
  • Tamayama
• Kamihei
  • Miyamori
  • Otsuchi
• Kesen
  • Sumita
• Kunohe
  • Karumai
  • Kunohe
  • Noda
  • Ono
  • Taneichi
  • Yamagata
• Ninohe
  • Ichinohe
  • Joboji
• Nishiiwai
  • Hanaizumi
  • Hiraizumi
• Shimohei
  • Fudai
  • Iwaizumi
  • Kawai
  • Niisato
  • Tanohata
  • Taro
  • Yamada
• Shiwa
  • Shiwa
  • Yahaba
• Waga
  • Sawauchi
  • Towa
  • Yuda

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