Aichi愛知県

Aichi-ken·あいちけん· (ken), prefecture

Japan's manufacturing centre. Nagoya, the largest city between Tokyo and Osaka, is here.

Open Aichi on the map

Facts

Japanese name
愛知県
Reading
Aichi-ken / あいちけん
Region
Chūbu 中部
Capital
Nagoya 名古屋市
Population
7,542,415 (2020 census)
Area
5,173 km²
Density
1,458 people per km²
Municipalities
5438 cities, 14 towns, and 2 villages
Designated cities
Nagoya City
Districts (郡)
7
Codes
JIS 23·ISO 3166-2 JP-23

How an address here begins

愛知県名古屋市

Aichi-ken, Nagoya-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Nagoya's 16 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Aichi市区町村

54 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.

Districts, with their towns and villages郡 · 町 · 村

A district is a name that groups towns and villages in an address. It has no office and no election. The towns and villages are governments.

Boundaries: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.