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Place in Fukushima, Japan
Aizu
会津
Tsuruga Castle, located in Aizuwakamatsu
Aizu comprises the western third of Fukushima Prefecture
Country
Japan
Prefecture
Fukushima
Area
• Total
5,420.69 km2 (2,092.94 sq mi)
Population
(1 October 2017[1])
• Total
270,648
• Density
50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Tadami River and Tadami LineŌuchi-jukuAkabeko
Aizu (会津) is the westernmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two regions being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Hamadōri in the east. As of October 1, 2010, it had a population of 291,838.[2] The principal city of the area is Aizuwakamatsu.
It was part of Mutsu Province; the area once was part of Iwase Province created during the reign of Empress Genshō.[3] The Yōrō Ritsuryo established the Iwase Province in 718 through the division of the Michinoku Province (Mutsu Province). It was composed of five districts of Shirakawa (白河), Iwase (石背), Aizu (会津), Asaka (安積) and Shinobu (信夫). The area encompassed by the province reverted to Mutsu some time between 722 and 724.
During the Edo period, Aizu Domain (会津藩, Aizu-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled most of the region from Aizuwakamatsu Castle.[4] Following the Meiji restoration, it became part of the short-lived Iwashiro Province before becoming a region of Fukushima Prefecture.
Although never an official province in its own right, Aizu has a very strong regional identity.
^"福島県の推計人口". Fukushima Prefecture. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
^福島県企画調整部総計調査課 (27 December 2010). 平成22年国勢調査速報－福島県の人口・世帯数－ (in Japanese). Fukushima Prefecture. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
^Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172, p. 172, at Google Books; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and Shinano
^Deal, William E. (2005). Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, p. 81.
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