Iga Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It was sometimes called . 
The province had borders with Ise, Ōmi, Yamato, and Yamashiro.
The capital city of the province was Ueno, also called Iga-Ueno.
History.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Iga Province were reformed in the 1870s.
Geography.
Iga is a small mountain ringed basin (the Ueno basin) in the center of the Kansai region.
Shrines and Temples.
"Aekuni jinja" was the chief Shinto shrine ("ichinomiya") of Iga.