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Ehime

Ehime Prefecture is a prefecture of located on the island of . Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841 and a geographic area of 5,676 km2.
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, meaning "pine mountain", is the homely capital of Ehime prefecture. Quite provincial yet hospitable to travelers, and a hub of business and shopping amongst the lazy calm of the countryside, has much to offer in the way of curious literary and cultural assets.

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is a city in Ehime Prefecture, . It is the second largest city in the prefecture. As of 31 August 2022, the city had an estimated population of 152,111 in 75,947 households and a population density of 360 persons per km².

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is a city located in the eastern part of Ehime Prefecture, . As of 31 July 2022, the city had an estimated population of 115,824 in 57,781 households and a population density of 490 persons per km².

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is a slice of small town life on the west coast of — nothing much out of the ordinary, if you don't count an ancient fertility shrine and the occasional sumo match between two bulls.

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Saijō is a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2022, the city had an estimated population of 106,016 in 58,803 households and a population density of 210 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 509.98 square kilometres.

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Shikokuchūō is a city located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of August 31, 2022, the city had an estimated population of 83,635 in 28876 households and a population density of 200 persons per km².

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is a town in Ehime Prefecture, . Most visitors come to see 's historic district, which is unique in Japan for its yellow-colored buildings.

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is the tallest mountain on . The name means Stone Hammer, a suitably awe-inspiring moniker for one of Japan's 7 Holy Mountains. Most pilgrims only make it to the shrine at the foot of Ishizuchi, but if pulling yourself up the side of a mountain on iron chains sounds like a good time, the climb to the summit is for you.

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is a town in Ehime. It spans the mountainous Sadamisaki Peninsula, the narrowest peninsula in Japan. 's breath-taking combination of mountain and ocean scenery makes it a wonderful place for a leisurely afternoon drive.

Ehime

Latitude of center
33.6014° or 33° 36′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
132.8185° or 132° 49′ 7″ east
Population
1,340,000
Elevation
721 metres (2,365 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3085493379
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­province
Geo­Names ID
1864226
Wiki­data ID
Q123376
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Ehime” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Prefektur Ehime”
  • Afrikaans: “Ehime Prefektuur”
  • Afrikaans: “Ehime-prefektuur”
  • Arabic: “إهيمه”
  • Arabic: “محافظة إهيمه”
  • Arabic: “محافظة إهيميه”
  • Aragonese: “Prefectura d’Ehime”
  • Armenian: “Էհիմե (պրեֆեկտուրա)”
  • Armenian: “Էհիմե”
  • Asturian: “Ehime (prefeutura)”
  • Asturian: “Ehime (Xapón)”
  • Asturian: “Ehime”
  • Asturian: “prefeutura d’Ehime”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ehime prefekturası”
  • Balinese: “Préféktur Éhimé”
  • Bashkir: “Эхимэ”
  • Basque: “Ehime”
  • Belarusian: “прэфектура Эхімэ”
  • Belarusian: “Эхімэ (прэфектура)”
  • Belarusian: “Эхімэ”
  • Bengali: “এহিমে প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Ехиме”
  • Catalan: “prefectura d’Ehime”
  • Catalan: “Prefectura d’Ehime”
  • Cebuano: “Ehime-ken”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئێھیمێ”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ئێھیمێ”
  • Chechen: “Эхиме (префектура)”
  • Chechen: “Эхиме”
  • Chinese: “Ehime-koān”
  • Chinese: “愛媛”
  • Chinese: “愛媛縣”
  • Chinese: “爱媛县”
  • Croatian: “Ehime”
  • Croatian: “Prefektura Ehime”
  • Czech: “prefektura Ehime”
  • Czech: “Prefektura Ehime”
  • Danish: “Ehime-præfekturet”
  • Dutch: “Ehime”
  • Esperanto: “Ehime prefektujo”
  • Esperanto: “Ehime”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Ehime”
  • Estonian: “Ehime prefektuur”
  • Finnish: “Ehime prefektuuri”
  • Finnish: “Ehime-ken”
  • Finnish: “Ehime”
  • Finnish: “Ehimen prefektuuri”
  • French: “Ehime”
  • French: “préfecture d’Ehime”
  • French: “Préfecture d’Ehime”
  • Galician: “Prefectura de Ehime”
  • Georgian: “ეჰიმეს პრეფექტურა”
  • German: “Ehime-ken”
  • German: “Ehime”
  • German: “JP-38”
  • German: “Präfektur Ehime”
  • Greek: “Εχιμέ”
  • Gujarati: “એહિમે પ્રીફેક્ચર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Ehime-yen”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Oi-yèn-yen”
  • Hebrew: “אהימה”
  • Hindi: “एहिम प्रीफेक्चर”
  • Hungarian: “Ehime prefektúra”
  • Iloko: “Ehime”
  • Iloko: “Prepektura ti Ehime”
  • Indonesian: “Ehime”
  • Indonesian: “Prefektur Ehime”
  • Irish: “Maoracht Ehime”
  • Italian: “Ehime”
  • Italian: “prefettura di Ehime”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Ehime”
  • Japanese: “Ehime-ken”
  • Japanese: “えひめ”
  • Japanese: “エヒメ”
  • Japanese: “えひめけん”
  • Japanese: “エヒメケン”
  • Japanese: “愛媛”
  • Japanese: “愛媛県”
  • Javanese: “Prefektur Ehime”
  • Javanese: “Préfèktur Ehime”
  • Kannada: “ಎಹಿಮ್ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តអិហ៊ីមិ”
  • Khmer: “អិហ៊ីម៉ិ(ខេត្ត)”
  • Korean: “애원 현”
  • Korean: “애원현”
  • Korean: “에히메 현”
  • Korean: “에히메”
  • Korean: “에히메현”
  • Latvian: “Ehimes prefektūra”
  • Literary Chinese: “愛媛縣”
  • Lithuanian: “Ehime prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Ehimė prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Ehimės prefektūra”
  • Macedonian: “Ехиме”
  • Malay: “Ehime”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Ehime”
  • Manipuri: “ꯏꯍꯤꯃꯦ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ”
  • Marathi: “एहिमे प्रांत”
  • Marathi: “एहिमे”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ehime-gâing”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ehime Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ehime-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ehime-kōan”
  • Nepali: “एहिमे”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ehime-ken”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prefektuur Ehime”
  • Northern Sami: “Ehime prefektuvra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ehime prefektur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ehime prefektur”
  • Norwegian: “Ehime”
  • Ossetian: “Эхиме”
  • Pampanga: “Ehime Prefecture”
  • Pampanga: “Prepektura ning Ehime”
  • Persian: “استان اهیمه”
  • Polish: “Ehime”
  • Polish: “Prefektura Ehime”
  • Portuguese: “Ehime”
  • Romanian: “Ehime”
  • Romanian: “Prefectura Ehime”
  • Russian: “Эхиме”
  • Russian: “Эхимэ”
  • Scots: “Ehime Prefectur”
  • Serbian: “Prefektura Ehime”
  • Serbian: “Ехиме”
  • Serbian: “Префектура Ехиме”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ehime”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Ehime”
  • Sindhi: “اهيمه پريفيڪچر”
  • Sinhala: “එහිමේ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Ehime”
  • Slovenian: “Prefektura Ehime”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اهیمه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Ehime Japon”
  • Spanish: “Ehime Japón”
  • Spanish: “Ehime”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Ehime”
  • Sundanese: “Ehime Prefecture”
  • Sundanese: “Préféktur Ehime”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Ehime”
  • Swedish: “Ehime prefektur”
  • Swedish: “Ehime”
  • Tagalog: “Ehime Prefecture”
  • Tagalog: “Prepektura ng Ehime”
  • Tagalog: “Prepekturang Ehime”
  • Tajik: “Prefekturai Exime”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Эхимэ”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Эҳиме”
  • Tamil: “தேஹிமே ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுர்”
  • Tatar: “Эхиме (префектура)”
  • Tatar: “Эхиме”
  • Telugu: “ఇహైమ్ ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเอฮิเมะ”
  • Turkish: “Ehime prefektörlüğü”
  • Turkish: “Ehime”
  • Ukrainian: “Ехіме”
  • Ukrainian: “Префектура Ехіме”
  • Urdu: “اہیمے پریفیکچر”
  • Vietnamese: “Ehime”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ehime Prefecture”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ehime”
  • Welsh: “Ehime”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع اہیمے”
  • Wu Chinese: “爱媛县”
  • Yue Chinese: “愛媛”
  • Yue Chinese: “愛媛縣”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ehime”. Photo: mukarin, CC BY-SA 2.0.