Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Chiba prefecture (千葉県; Chiba-ken) is located on the east side of the main Honshu island, Japan. The capital is Chiba city. This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area. Chiba prefecture (千葉県) Chiba prefectural symbol Capital Chiba Region: Kanto Island: Honshu Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 27th 5,156.15 km² 0.8% Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 6th 6,006,185 1,165/km² Districts: 9 Municipalities: 80 ISO 3166-2: JP-12 Symbols Pref. Flower: Rape blossom (Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulis) Pref. Tree: Chinese black pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus) Pref. Bird: Hoojiro (Emberiza cioides) Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities 2.2 Districts 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Miscellaneous topics 9 External links History Geography Cities Abiko Asahi Chiba (capital) Chuo-ku Hanamigawa-ku Inage-ku Midori-ku Mihama-ku Wakaba-ku Choshi Funabashi Futtsu Ichihara Ichikawa Inzai Kamagaya Kamogawa Kashiwa Katsuura Kimitsu Kisarazu Matsudo Mobara Nagareyama Narashino Narita Noda Sakura Sawara Shiroi Sodegaura Tateyama Tomisato Togane Urayasu Yachimata Yachiyo Yotsukaido Yokaichiba Districts Awa Amatsukominato Awagun Chikura Kyonan Maruyama Miyoshi Shirahama Tomiura Tomiyama Wada Chosei Chounan Chosei Choseigun Ichinomiya Mutsuzawa Nagara Shirako Higashikatsushika Shounan Inba Inba Inbagun Motono Sakae Shisui Isumi Isumi Isumigun Misaki Onjuku Ohara Otaki Kaijo Iioka Kaijogun Unakami Katori Hikata Katorigun Kozaki Kurimoto Omigawa Shimofusa Taiei Tako Tonosho Yamada Sanbu Hasunuma Kujukuri Matsuo Naruto Oamishirasato Sanbu Sanbugun Shibayama Yokoshiba Sosa Hikari Nosaka Sosagun Economy Demographics Culture Tourism Most Tokyo-bound visitors land in New Tokyo International Airport which oddly enough is not situated in Tokyo but in Narita City. Visitors take either the JR Narita Line or the Keisei line to Tokyo. Prefectural symbols Chiba's Meibutsu (名物 lit: famous thing) is peanuts. Most of Japan's peanuts are harvested here and are also processed into peanut oils. Miscellaneous topics External links Official Chiba prefecture homepage Prefectures of Japan This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.