Fukui Prefecture
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Fukui Prefecture 福井県 |
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| Prefecture | |||
| Japanese transcription(s) | |||
| • Japanese | 福井県 | ||
| • Rōmaji | Fukui-ken | ||
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| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Chūbu (Hokuriku) | ||
| Island | Honshū | ||
| Capital | Fukui | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Issei Nishikawa | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 4,188.99 km2 (1,617.38 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 34th | ||
| Population (June 1, 2013) | |||
| • Total | 795,437 | ||
| • Rank | 43rd | ||
| • Density | 189.93/km2 (491.9/sq mi) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | JP-18 | ||
| Districts | 7 | ||
| Municipalities | 17 | ||
| Flower | Narcissus (Narcissus tazetta) | ||
| Tree | Pine tree (Pinus) | ||
| Bird | Dusky thrush (Turdus naumanni) | ||
| Website | www.pref.fukui.jp/english/ | ||
Fukui Prefecture (福井県 Fukui-ken?) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.
The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded animals such as the megaraptoran Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis, hadrosauroid Fukuisaurus tetoriensis, coelurosaurian Fukuivenator paradoxus and titanosauriform Fukuititan nipponensis as well as an unnamed dromaeosaurid.
Fukui originally consisted of the old provinces of Wakasa and Echizen, before the prefecture was formed in 1871.
During the Edo period, the daimyō of the region was surnamed Matsudaira, and was a descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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