Ehime prefecture

Ehime prefecture (愛媛県; Ehime-ken) is a prefecture in northwestern Shikoku, Japan. The capital is Matsuyama[?].

Ehime prefecture (愛媛県)

Capital	Matsuyama[?]
Region:	Shikoku
Island:	Shikoku
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 26th 5,676.44 km² ?%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 27th 1,493,126 263/km²
Districts:	10
Municipalities:	70
Symbols
Pref. Flower:	Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)
Pref. Tree:	Pine tree (Pinus)
Pref. Bird:	Japanese robin (Erithacus akahige)

Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities 2.2 Districts, towns and villages 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Miscellaneous topics 9 External links

History

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of Shikoku, Ehime is facing the Seto inland sea[?] to the north and is bordered by Kagawa and Tokushima in the east and Kochi in the south.

Cities

• Matsuyama[?]
• Imabari[?]
• Uwajima[?]
• Yawatahama[?]
• Niihama[?]
• Saijou[?]
• Oozu[?]
• Kawanoe[?]
• Iyomishima[?]
• Iyo[?]
• Houjou[?]
• Touyo[?]

Districts, towns and villages

• Uma[?]
  • Shinguu[?]
  • Doi[?]
• Shuusou[?]
  • Komatsu[?]
  • Tanbara[?]
• Ochi[?]
  • Asakura[?]
  • Tamagawa[?]
  • Namikata[?]
  • Oonishi[?]
  • Kikuma[?]
  • Yoshiumi[?]
  • Miyakubo[?]
  • Hakata[?]
  • Uoshima[?]
  • Yuge[?]
  • Ikina[?]
  • Iwagi[?]
  • Kamiura[?]
  • Oomishima[?]
  • Sekizen[?]
• Onsen
  • Shigenobu[?]
  • Kawauchi[?]
  • Nakajima[?]
• Kamiukena[?]
  • Kuma[?]
  • Omogo[?]
  • Mikawa[?]
  • Yanadani[?]
  • Oda[?]
• Iyo[?]
  • Masaki[?]
  • Tobe[?]
  • Hirota[?]
  • Nakayama[?]
  • Futami[?]
• Kita[?]
  • Nagahama[?]
  • Uchiko[?]
  • Ikazaki[?]
  • Hijikawa[?]
  • Kawabe[?]
• Nishiuwa[?]
  • Honai[?]
  • Ikata[?]
  • Seto[?]
  • Misaki[?]
  • Mikame[?]
• Higashiuwa[?]
  • Akehama[?]
  • Uwa[?]
  • Nomura[?]
  • Shirokawa[?]
• Kitauwa[?]
  • Yoshida[?]
  • Mima[?]
  • Hiromi[?]
  • Matsuno[?]
  • Hiyoshi[?]
  • Tsushima[?]
• Minamiuwa[?]
  • Uchiumi[?]
  • Mishou[?]
  • Jouhen[?]
  • Ipponmatsu[?]
  • Nishiumi[?]

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

The meaning of Ehime is "beautiful maiden".

External links

• Official Ehime prefecture homepage (http://www.pref.ehime.jp/index-e.htm)