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 | | Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture. |
| | Chiba borders Ibaraki prefecture to the north at the Tone River, Tokyo and Saitama prefecture to the west at the Edo River, the Pacific Ocean to the east and Tokyo Bay around its southern boundary. |
| | Chiba's population is one of the wealthiest in Japan due to the prefecture's strong commercial and industrial sectors. |
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