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is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Honshū Island , Japan . Its capital is Chiba City . HISTORY Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15 , 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture . Historically, the prefecture constituted three Provinces of Awa , Kazusa , and Shimousa . GEOGRAPHY Chiba borders that extends into the urban agglomeration of Tokyo and Saitama. The Kuroshio Current flows near Chiba, which keep it relatively warm in winter and cooler in summer than neighbouring Tokyo. Cities Thirty-six cities are located in Chiba Prefecture:
ǂ Scheduled to be dissolved after mergers. Towns and villages These are the towns and villages in each District : MERGERS DURING THE 2000S
:The city of Sawara and the towns of Omigawa , Yamada and Kurimoto merged, forming the city of Katori . :The towns of Sanbu , Naruto , Hasunuma and Matsuo merged to form the city of Sanmu . :The towns of Hikari and Yokoshiba from Sanbu District merged, forming the town of Yokoshibahikari . ECONOMY Chiba is one of Japan's largest industrial areas, thanks to its long coastline on Tokyo Bay. After Chiba was chosen as the site for a major Kawasaki Steel factory in 1950, the prefectural government embarked on a large-scale land reclamation program that dredged up large plots of waterfront property for factories, warehouses, and docks. Chemical production, petrochemical refining, and machine production are the three main industries in Chiba today: together, they account for forty-five percent of the prefecture's exports. In recent years, the government has funded more than eighty industrial parks to bring development further inland as well. The prefecture also boasts Japan's second-highest agricultural output: among all the prefectures, only Hokkaidō produces more agricultural products, and Chiba leads Hokkaidō in vegetable production. Chiba's fisheries are also productive, catching many of Japan's Spiny Lobster . Seaweed is harvested in large quantities from Tokyo Bay. DEMOGRAPHICS Chiba's population is one of the wealthiest in Japan due to the prefecture's strong commercial and industrial sectors. Per capita GDP is ¥3.1 million (US$28,600), the fifth-highest in the country. 70% of the population is employed in the service sector, with 25% in industry and 5% in agriculture. EDUCATION Chiba Prefectural Board Of Education oversees municipal school districts in the prefecture; the board also directly operates public high schools in the prefecture. CULTURE Chiba in popular culture
SPORTS The sports teams listed below are based in Chiba. Football (soccer)
Baseball Rugby
TOURISM Most Tokyo -bound visitors land in Narita International Airport , which is situated in Narita in the north of the prefecture, and connected to Tokyo by the JR Narita Express and the private Keisei Electric Railway . The Tokyo Disney Resort is located in Urayasu near the western border of the prefecture. Chiba is linked to Tokyo by several railway lines: the main trunk lines are the Keiyo Line and Sobu Line . The Musashino Line connects Chiba to Saitama and northern Tokyo. Southern Chiba is connected to Kanagawa Prefecture by the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line bridge-tunnel. PREFECTURAL SYMBOLS Chiba's Meibutsu ( lit: famous thing) is Peanut s. Most of Japan's peanuts are harvested here and are also processed into peanut oils. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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