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| Capital | Nagano |
| Region: | Chubu |
| Island: | Honshu |
| Area - Total |
Ranked 4th 13,585.22 |
| Population |
Ranked 16th 2,215,973 |
| Districts: | 16 |
| Municipalities: | 120 |
| ISO 3166-2ISO 3166-2 codes for Japan cover 47 prefectures. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code JP for Japan, the second part is two-digit-numeric. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for us: | JP-20 |
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| Pref. FlowerA flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). The function of a flower is to produce seeds through sexual reproduction''. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, and: | GentianSee text Gentian is the common name for the genus Gentiana L. 1753, belonging to the Gentian family ( Gentianaceae), tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. This a large genus, with some 400 species. This is a cosmopolitan genus, occurring (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri) |
| Pref. TreeThis article is about the biological organisms known as trees. For other meanings of the word see tree (disambiguation). oak tree in Denmark A tree can be defined as a large perennial woody plant. Though there is no set definition of size, it is generally: | White birchmany species ''see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/ oak family, Fagaceae. These are generally small to medium-size trees or shrubs, mostly of northern tempera (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) |
| Pref. BirdFor other meanings of bird see bird (disambiguation). Many see text Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. There are almost 9000 known species of birds in: | Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) |
Nagano prefecture (長野県; Nagano-ken) is located on Honshu island, JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh. The capital is the city of Nagano.