Kansai region

関西地方
Region
Cairt shawin the Kansai region o Japan. It comprises the mid-wast aurie o the island o Honshu.
The Kansai region in Japan
Area
 • Total27335.11 km2 (10,554.14 sq mi)
Population
 (1 October 2010)[1]
 • Total22,757,897
 • Density830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (JST)

The Kansai region (関西地方, Kansai-chihō) or the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihō) lies in the soothren-central region o Japan's main island Honshū.[2] The region includes the prefecturs o Mie, Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, an Shiga. Dependin on who maks the distinction, Fukui, Tokushima an even Tottori Prefectur are an aa includit. While the uise o the terms "Kansai" an "Kinki" hae chynged ower history, in maist modren contexts the uise o the twa terms is interchyngeable. The urban region o Osaka, Kobe an Kyoto (Keihanshin region) is the seicont maist populatit in Japan efter the Greater Tokyo Aurie.

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References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Statistics Bureau (26 October 2011). "平成 22 年国勢調査の概要" (PDF). Retrieved 6 Mey 2012.
  2. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kansai" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 477 at Google Books.
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