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[[Image:Gozaisho-sign.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A sign marks one spot where Shiga and [[Mie prefecture|Mie]] prefectures meet, at the summit of Mount Gozaisho (御在所). The area is reached by cable car and ski lift from Yunoyama Onsen station (湯の山温泉駅) in Mie.]] | |||
'''Shiga prefecture''' (滋賀県 ''Shiga-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kansai]] region of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 1,389,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref> | '''Shiga prefecture''' (滋賀県 ''Shiga-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kansai]] region of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 1,389,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref> | ||
Shiga's capital is Otsu (大津市 ''Ootsu-shi''). | |||
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Shiga prefecture (滋賀県 Shiga-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Its population was 1,389,000 in 2006.[1]
Shiga's capital is Otsu (大津市 Ootsu-shi).
Footnotes
- ↑ Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.