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Miyagi District. Miyagi District (宮城郡, Miyagi-gun) is a district located in former Mutsu Province and today's Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The name of the prefecture was from this district. The original territory was east–west long from the Ōu Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, including current Sendai, Shiogama, and Tagajō cities.
Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県, Miyagi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. [2] Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 (1 August 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,282 km 2 (2,812 sq mi). Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the northwest, Yamagata Prefecture to ...
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Area code. 04000-2. ISO 3166 code. JP-04. Website. Official website. Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県, Miyagi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan. It is part of the Tōhoku region of the island of Honshu. [1] The capital city is Sendai.
Apr 13, 2023 · Miyagi Prefecture at a Glance. Established in 1872 (formerly part of Mutsu province) Capital: Sendai. Population: 2,302,000 (as of Oct. 2020) Area: 7,282 km2. Miyagi’s capital is Sendai, the ...
Miyagi, ken (prefecture), northern Honshu, Japan, its indented coastline forming Sendai Bay of the Pacific Ocean. The western and, to a lesser extent, northeastern regions are mountainous. The central Sendai Plain, which extends southward to the southern coastline, contains the prefectural capital, Sendai. To the north of the city is scenic ...
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Miyagi 1st district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, [2] in Miyagi Prefecture. It, along with Miyagi 2nd district and parts of districts 3 and 4, cover the city of Sendai and the surrounding suburbs.
History | VISIT MIYAGI. One man’s legacy looms large over Miyagi Prefecture: that of Masamune Date (1567–1636). This samurai lived four centuries ago during the turbulent Sengoku period. Known as the One-Eyed Dragon, he outwitted and outfought other warlords until he won control of a vast domain. In 1601, he established Sendai City as his ...
