Ehime Prefecture

Ehime Prefecture
愛媛県
Japanese transcription(s)
 • Japanese愛媛県
 • RōmajiEhime-ken
View of the Mount Ishizuchi
Uwajima Tensya Garden
Besshi copper mine heritage site
Shikoku Karst (Godan Plateau)
Flag of Ehime Prefecture
Official logo of Ehime Prefecture
Anthem: Ehime no uta
Location of Ehime Prefecture
Coordinates: 33°50′N 132°50′E / 33.833°N 132.833°E / 33.833; 132.833
CountryJapan
RegionShikoku
IslandShikoku
CapitalMatsuyama
SubdivisionsDistricts: 7, Municipalities: 20
Government
 • GovernorTokihiro Nakamura (since December 2010)
Area
 • Total5,676.23 km2 (2,191.60 sq mi)
 • Rank26th
Population
 (October 1, 2020)
 • Total1,334,841
 • Rank28th
 • Density240/km2 (610/sq mi)
GDP
 • TotalJP¥5,148 billion
US$47.2 billion (2019)
ISO 3166 codeJP-38
Websitewww.pref.ehime.jp/index-e.html
Symbols of Japan
BirdJapanese robin (Erithacus akahige)[2]
FishRed sea bream (Pagrus major)[2]
FlowerSatsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)[2]
MammalJapanese river otter ("Lutra lutra whiteleyi")[2][3]
TreePine (Pinus)[2]

Ehime Prefecture (愛媛県, Ehime-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku.[4] Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841[5] and has a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Tokushima Prefecture to the east, and Kōchi Prefecture to the southeast.

Matsuyama is the capital and largest city of Ehime Prefecture and the largest city on Shikoku, with other major cities including Imabari, Niihama, and Saijō.[6]

Notable past Ehime residents include three Nobel Prize winners: they are Kenzaburo Oe (1994 Nobel Prize in Literature), Shuji Nakamura (2014 Nobel Prize in Physics), and Syukuro Manabe (2021 Nobel Prize in Physics).

  1. ^ "2020年度国民経済計算(2015年基準・2008SNA) : 経済社会総合研究所 - 内閣府". 内閣府ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e 愛媛県の紹介 > 愛媛県のシンボル. Ehime prefectural website (in Japanese). Ehime Prefecture. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Japanese River Otter Facts".
  4. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ehime" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 170, p. 170, at Google Books.
  5. ^ "Ehime Population".
  6. ^ Nussbaum, "Matsuyama" at p. 621, p. 621, at Google Books.