The prefectural capital is Oita.
Oita Prefecture is located in the east side of Kyushu. And there are many large plains. It is a nakatsu plain, an oita plain, and a saeki plain. Moreover, mountain land also exists mostly.
Oita Prefecture is a top-class hot-springs resort region also in the world. And the number of the fountainhead of a hot spring is the 1st in Japan. Especially a beppu hot spring and a yufuin hot spring are famous.
Agricultural products are famous for shiitake mushroom as a specialty. In particular, donko is a specialty article. donko is the thing which dried shiitake mushroom.
a marine product a seki scad and seki mackerel is famous. It is expensive. However, it is popular.
A cities, towns and villages list is here.
| Ranking of Oita | ||
| Item | National ranking | Outline |
| Area (2009) | The 27st place | 5,099 square kilometers |
| The number of cities, wards, towns, and villages (2010) | The 44st place | 18 cities, towns and villages |
| Population (2008) | The 33th place | 1,215,388 persons |
| Number of households (2008) | The 31th place | 500649 households |
| People-of-the-prefecture gross product (substance) (2007) | The 29th place | 5,109,181 (unit: 1 million yen) |