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Chiba Prefecture
千葉県
alternative words: Chibaken prefecture, Chiba, Chibaken, Chiba-ken, Chiba ken
keywords:
prefecture
related topics:
Chiba city
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Tateyama city
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Ichihara city
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Narita Airport
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Tokyo Disney Land
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Aqualine
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Boso peninsula
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Tone river
related web sites:
http://www.pref.chiba.jp
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http://www.kanko.chuo.chiba.jp
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http://www.infochiba.ne.jp
explanation: Chiba prefecture occupies the south-eastern part of Kanto region and forms a peninsula between Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay. Its surface is 5,150 km2 and the population 5.1 millions. The prefectural office is at Chiba City. The north-western part, being adjacent to Tokyo, is highly urbanized with many factories and also Tokyo Disney Land on Tokyo Bay area. The other zone is rather rural and the main activities are vegetable and fruit culture on inland, and fishing on the coast.
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