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'''Okayama prefecture''' (岡山県 ''Okayama-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chugoku]] region of [[Honshu]] island, within the southerly Sanyo area. Its population was 1,955,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref>
'''Okayama prefecture''' (岡山県 ''Okayama-ken'') is an area of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chugoku]] region of [[Honshu]] island, within the southerly Sanyo area. Its population was 1,955,000 in 2006.<ref>''Japan Statistical Yearbook'': '[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/nenkan/zuhyou/y0203000.xls Population by Prefecture 1920-2006]'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.</ref>


Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Okayama]] (岡山市 ''Okayama-shi'').
Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, [[Okayama (city)|Okayama]] (岡山市 ''Okayama-shi'').


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Fourteenth-century Bitchu-Matsuyama[1] Castle (備中松山城 Bitchuu-Matsuyama-joo) in Okayama prefecture is the highest castle above sea level in Japan. It sits at 1,575 feet (480m), above the town of Takahashi (高梁).[2]

Okayama prefecture (岡山県 Okayama-ken) is an area of Japan located in the Chugoku region of Honshu island, within the southerly Sanyo area. Its population was 1,955,000 in 2006.[3]

Okayama prefecture shares its name with its own capital city, Okayama (岡山市 Okayama-shi).

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  1. Bitchu (備中 Bitchuu) was the name of an old Japanese province.
  2. Guide to Japanese Castles: 'Bitchu Matsuyama Castle'.
  3. Japan Statistical Yearbook: 'Population by Prefecture 1920-2006'. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. .xls document.

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