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Shimane Prefecture

is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is Matsue. The Oki Islands are part of Shimane Prefecture, which also claims jurisdiction over the South Korea-administered Takeshima (Korean name Dokuto).

History

Old provinces


*Iwami Province
*Izumo Province
*Oki Province

Geography

Map of Shimane Prefecture.

Cities

8 cities are located on Shimane Prefecture.
*Gotsu
*Hamada
*Izumo
*Masuda
*Matsue (capital)
*Oda
*Unnan
*Yasugi

Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district.{|valign="top"|
*Hikawa District
**Hikawa
*Iishi District
**Iinan
*Kanoashi District
**Tsuwano
**Yoshika

*Nita District
**Okuizumo
*Ochi District
**Kawamoto
**Misato
**Oonan

*Oki District
**Ama
**Chibu
**Nishinoshima
**Okinoshima
*Yatsuka District
**Higashiizumo

Mergers

*On October 12004, the town of Saigou and the villages of Fuse, Goka and Tsuma (all from Oki District) merged to form the new town of Okinoshima.
*On October 12004, the towns of Iwami and Mizuho and the village of Hasumi (all from Ochi District) merged to form the new town of Oonan.
*On October 12004, the town of Ochi and the village of Daiwa (both from Ochi District) merged to form the new town of Misato.
*On October 12004, the town of Sakurae from Ochi District merged into the city of Gotsu.
*On October 12004, the towns of Hakuta and Hirose from Nogi District merged with the city of Yasugi to form the new city of Yasugi. Nogi District was dissolved as a result.
*On November 12004, the towns of Daito, Kamo and Kisuki from Ohara District and the towns and villages of Kakeya, Mitoya and Yoshida from Iishi District merged to form the new city of Unnan. Ohara District was dissolved as a result.
*On January 12005, the towns of Akagi and Tonbara from Iishi District merged to form the new town of Iinan.
*On March 222005, the cities of Izumo and Hirata and the towns of Koryo, Sada, Taisha and Taki from Hikawa District merged to form the new the city of Izumo.
*On January 312005, the towns of Nita and Yokota from Nita District merged to form the new town of Okuizumo.
*On March 312005, the towns of Kashima, Mihonoseki, Shimane, Shinji, Tamayu and Yatsuka and the village of Yakumo (all from Yatsuka District) merged with the city of Matsue to form the new city of Matsue.
*On September 252005, the towns of Nichihara and Tsuwanofrom Kanoashi District merged to form the new town of Tsuwano.
*On October 12005, the village of Kakinoki and the town of Muikaichi from Kanoashi District merged to form the new town of Yoshika.
*On October 12005, the towns of Nima and Yunotsu from Nima District merged with the city of Oda to form the new city of Oda. Nima District was dissolved as a result.
*On October 12005, the towns of Asahi, Kanagi, Misumi and Yasaka from Naka District merged with the city of Hamada to form the new city of Hamada. Naka District was dissolved as a result.

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Universities in Shimane Prefecture

* Shimane University (National university) [1]
* The University of Shimane (Prefectural university) [2]

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

See also

*Lafcadio Hearn

External links


* Official homepage of Shimane Prefecture
* Shimane JET Programme participants homepage



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