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Settsu Province (摂津国, Settsu no kuni) was a province of Japan, which today comprises the southeastern part of Hyōgo Prefecture and the northern part of Osaka Prefecture. [1] It was also referred to as Tsu Province ( 津国 , Tsu no kuni ) or Sesshū ( 摂州 ) .
Settsu is located on the right bank of the Yodo River in the north-central part of Osaka Prefecture. The city limits are shaped like a wedge or square. The Hankyu Kyoto Line and the Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) run east–west through the northern end of the city, and the Osaka Monorail runs north–south through the center of the city.
Some of the province names are used to indicate distinct parts of the current prefectures along with their cultural and geographical characteristics. In many cases these names are also in use with directional characters, e.g. Hoku-Setsu (北摂) meaning Northern (北) Settsu (摂津) area.
This is a list of cities in Japan sorted by prefecture and within prefecture by founding date. The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities designated by government ordinance. Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities.
Prior to the Meiji Restoration, the modern-day area of Osaka Prefecture was split between Kawachi, Izumi, [5] [6] and Settsu provinces. [7] Osaka Prefecture was created on June 21, 1868, at the very beginning of the Meiji era. [8] During the instigation of Fuhanken Sanchisei in 1868, the prefecture received its suffix fu, designating it as a ...
Osaka Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture are referred to as an "urban prefecture" (府, fu). The Chinese character from which this is derived implies a core urban zone of national importance in the middle period of China, or implies a subdivision of a province in the late period of China.
Prefecture Kanji origin and meaning of name Aichi 愛知県: Aichi-ken (愛知県) means "love knowledge". In the third volume of the Man'yōshū there is a poem by Takechi Kurohito that reads: "The cry of the crane, calling to Sakurada; it sounds like the tide, draining from Ayuchi flats, hearing the crane cry".
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