Tottori prefecture

Encyclopedia : T : TO : TOT : Tottori prefecture

is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Tottori.

Contents

1 History
2 Geography

2.1 Cities
2.2 Towns and villages
2.3 Mergers

3 Economy
4 Demographics
5 Culture
6 Tourism
7 Prefectural symbols
8 Miscellaneous topics
9 External links

History

Geography

Tottori has Tottori Sand Dune (鳥取砂丘; tottori-sakyū), Japan's only desert.

Tottori Sand Dune

Cities

4 cities are located on Tottori Prefecture.

Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district.

Tohaku District
*Hokuei
*Kotoura
*Misasa
*Yurihama
Yazu District
*Chizu
*Wakasa
*Yazu

Mergers

(as of Jan 18, 2006)

On September 1, 2004 the towns of Tohaku and Akasaki from Tohaku District merged to form the new town of Kotoura.
On October 1, 2004 the towns of Saihaku and Aimi from Saihaku District merged to form the new town of Nambu.
On October 1, 2004 the towns of Hawai and Togo and the village of Tomari (all from Tohaku District) merged to form the new town of Yurihama.
On November 1, 2004 the municipalities of Fukube and Kokufu (from Iwami District), Aoya, Ketaka and Shikano (from Ketaka District) and Kawahara, Mochigase and Saji (from Yazu District) merged into the city of Tottori. Ketaka District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
On January 1, 2005 the towns of Mizokuchi from Hino District and Kishimoto from Saihaku District merged to form the new town of Houki in Saihaku District.
On March 22, 2005 the town of Sekigane from Tohaku District merged into the city of Kurayoshi.
On March 28, 2005 the towns of Nakayama, Daisen, and Nawa from Saihaku District merged to form the new town of Daisen.
On March 31, 2005 the towns of Koge, Funaoka and Hatto from Yazu District merged to form the new town of Yazu.
On March 31, 2005, the city of Yonago merged with the town of Yodoe from Saihaku District to form the new city of Yonago.
On October 1, 2005 the towns of Daiei and Hojo from Tohaku District merged to form the new town of Hokuei.

Economy

Tottori Prefecture is heavily agricultural and its products are shipped to major cities. Some of the famous products are Nashi pear, nagaimo, scallion, Shironegi, and watermelon.

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Koyama Pond
Mount Daisen
Tottori sand dunes

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

[Special]

Coordinates: [35°27′N 133°46′E]

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.