Aichi prefecture (愛知県; Aichi-ken) is located in the Chubu region of Japan. The capital is Nagoya.
Originally the region was was divided into the three provinces of
Owari,
Mikawa[?] and Ho. After the
Taika[?] era, Mikawa and Ho were united into a single entity.
In
1871, after the
abolition of the han system, Owari, with the exception of the Chita
peninsula, was institutionalized as Nagoya prefecture, while Mikawa combined with the Chita peninsula formed the Nukata prefecture.
Nagoya prefecture was renamed to Aichi prefecture in April of
1872 and on
November 27 was united with Nukata prefecture.
Located near the center of the Japanese
archipelago, Aichi prefecture faces the
Ise[?] and
Mikawa[?] bay in the south and is bordered by
Shizuoka in the east,
Nagano in the north east,
Gifu in the north, and
Mie in the west. It measures 106 km east to west and 94 km south to north and with 5,153.81 kmē accounts for approximately 1.36% of the total surface area of Japan. The highest spot is
Chasuyama[?] with 1415 m above sea level.
Aichi is a major industrial region and includes the city of
Toyota, a major automotive center.
As of
2001 Aichi prefecture's population was 50.03%
male and 49.97%
female [1] (
http://www.pref.aichi.jp/toukei/jyoho/nenkan/data/02/n14_0201.xls).
139,540 residents or 0.2% are of foreign
nationality [2] (
http://www.pref.aichi.jp/toukei/jyoho/nenkan/data/02/n14_0215.xls).
Population by age (2001) [3] (http://www.pref.aichi.jp/toukei/jyoho/nenkan/data/02/n14_0203.xls)
Age |
% Population |
% Male |
% Female |
0 - 9 |
10.21 |
10.45 |
9.96 |
10 - 19 |
10.75 |
11.02 |
10.48 |
20 - 29 |
15.23 |
15.71 |
14.75 |
30 - 39 |
14.81 |
15.31 |
14.30 |
40 - 49 |
12.21 |
12.41 |
12.01 |
50 - 59 |
15.22 |
15.31 |
15.12 |
60 - 69 |
11.31 |
11.22 |
11.41 |
70 - 79 |
6.76 |
6.01 |
7.52 |
over 80 |
3.12 |
2.01 |
4.23 |
unknown |
0.38 |
0.54 |
0.23 |