The prefectural capital is Akita.
Akita Prefecture is famous as a place of production of the rice of Japanese top class. Especially akitakomachi is popular.
The harvest of rice is the 3rd in Japan. And vegetables, a flower, an apple, beef, milk, etc. are famous.
71% of area is a forest. The quantity which produces wood is the 4th in Japan. They are processed and shipped to the lumber etc. which build a house. And mushroom cultivation of maitake mushrooms, shiitake mushroom, etc. is also performed using the tree.
A cities, towns and villages list is here.
| Ranking of Akita | ||
| Item | National ranking | Outline |
| Area (2009) | The 5st place | 11,636 square kilometers |
| The number of cities, wards, towns, and villages (2010) | The 33st place | 25 cities, towns and villages |
| Population (2008) | The 37th place | 1,130,823 persons |
| Number of households (2008) | The 37th place | 416787 households |
| People-of-the-prefecture gross product (substance) (2007) | The 36th place | 4,114,833 (unit: 1 million yen) |