Toyama is the capital and largest city of Toyama Prefecture, with other major cities includingTakaoka,Imizu, andNanto.[4] Toyama Prefecture is part of the historicHokuriku region, and the majority of the prefecture's population lives onToyama Bay, one of the largestbays in Japan. Toyama Prefecture is the leadingindustrial prefecture on theJapan Sea coast and has the advantage of cheapelectricity from abundanthydroelectric resources. Toyama Prefecture contains the only knownglaciers inEast Asia outside ofRussia, first recognized in 2012, and 30% of the prefecture's area is designated asnational parks.[5]
In 1876, Niikawa Prefecture was merged into Ishikawa Prefecture but the merger was void in 1881 and the area was re-established as Toyama Prefecture.[citation needed]
As of April 1, 2012, 30% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated asNatural Parks, namely theChūbu-Sangaku andHakusan National Parks;Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park; and six Prefectural Natural Parks.[7]
Due to the mergers in the 2000s, Toyama has the fewest municipalities of any prefecture in Japan with 10 cities, 2 districts, 4 towns, and 1 village (before the mergers took place, the prefecture had 9 cities, 18 towns, and 8 villages).
In 2014 Toyama contributed approximately 2.5% of Japan's rice production[8] and makes use of abundant water sources originating fromMount Tate. It also has many fisheries along its Sea of Japan coastline.
Toyama is famous for its historical pharmaceutical industry which remains a top manufacturing industry in the prefecture in terms of manufacturing shipment value followed by electronic parts and devices (industrial robots, general machinery, etc.), and metal products (aluminum, copper etc.) manufacturing.
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