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[[Image:Todaiji Temple.jpg|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Todaiji Temple.jpg/credit|{{Todaiji Temple.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Todai-ji (東大寺 ''Toodai-ji''), a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple and grounds in [[Nara | [[Image:Todaiji Temple.jpg|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Todaiji Temple.jpg/credit|{{Todaiji Temple.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Todai-ji (東大寺 ''Toodai-ji''), a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple and grounds in [[Nara (city)|Nara]] city (奈良市 ''Nara-shi''), founded 743 AD.]] | ||
'''Nara prefecture''' (奈良県 ''Nara-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kansai]] region of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 1,416,000 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> | '''Nara prefecture''' (奈良県 ''Nara-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Kansai]] region of [[Honshu]] island. Its population was 1,416,000 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> | ||
Nara prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Nara | Nara prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Nara (city)|Nara]] (奈良市 ''Nara-shi''), which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. That time is referred to as the [[Nara period]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 23 September 2024
This article is about the region. For other uses of the term Nara, please see Nara (disambiguation).
Nara prefecture (奈良県 Nara-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island. Its population was 1,416,000 in 2006.[1]
Nara prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Nara (奈良市 Nara-shi), which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. That time is referred to as the Nara period.
Footnotes
- ↑ Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.