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Yamaguchi 4th District
Yamaguchi 4th district (山口県第4区 ''Yamaguchi-ken dai-yon-ku'') is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Western Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi and consists of the cities of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Shimonoseki and Nagato, Yamaguchi, Nagato. The seat was most recently held by former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe until his Assassination of Shinzo Abe, assassination in July 2022. As of September 2011, 266,456 voters were registered in the district, giving its voters well above average (347,878 voters per district) vote weight.Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (''Sōmu-shō'', lit. "Ministry of general affairs")平成２３年９月２日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数/ref> Unlike many prefectures where the capital is also the most populous city, Yamaguchi's major city is Shimonoseki, located at the weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaguchi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the north and Hiroshima Prefecture to the northeast. Yamaguchi (city), Yamaguchi is the capital and Shimonoseki is the largest city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, with other major cities including Ube, Yamaguchi, Ube, Shūnan, and Iwakuni. Yamaguchi Prefecture is located at the western tip of Honshu with coastlines on the Sea of Japan and Seto Inland Sea, and separated from the island of Kyushu by the Kanmon Straits. History Yamaguchi Prefecture was created by the merger of the provinces of Suō Province, Suō and Nagato Province, Nagato. During the rise of the samurai class during the Heian period, Heian and Kamakura period, Kamakura Periods (794–1333), the Ouchi family of Suō Province a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
