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The Fukui Prefecture (福井県 Fukui-ken) is a prefecture of West Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui. The Fukui Prefecture has a population of 715,894 people.

Economy[]

Sabae is known for producing 90% of Japan's domestically-made glasses. There are also several nuclear power plants located along Wakasa Bay in Tsuruga which supply power to the Keihanshin metropolitan region. It has fourteen reactors, the most of any prefecture.

Geography[]

The province faces the Sea of Japan, and has a western part (formerly Wakasa) which is a narrow plain between the mountains and the sea, and a larger eastern part (formerly Echizen) with wider plains including the capital and most of the population. The mountain side of the eastern part has much snow in winter.

As of March 31st 2008, 15% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Hakusan National Park; Echizen-Kaga Kaigan and Wakasa Wan Quasi-National Parks; and Okuetsu Kōgen Prefectural Natural Park.

Cities and Towns[]

Cities[]

  • Awara
  • Echizen
  • Fukui (capital)

  • Katsuyama
  • Obama
  • Ōno

  • Sabae
  • Sakai
  • Tsuruga

Towns[]

  • Imadate District
    • Ikeda
  • Mikata District
    • Mihama
  • Mikatakaminaka District
    • Wakasa
  • Nanjō District
    • Minamiechizen

  • Nyū District
    • Echizen
  • Ōi District
    • Ōi
    • Takahama
  • Yoshida District
    • Eiheiji
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