Chiba千葉県

Chiba-ken·ちばけん· (ken), prefecture

The Bōsō peninsula east of Tokyo Bay. Narita Airport and Tokyo Disney Resort are both here, not in Tokyo.

Open Chiba on the map

Facts

Japanese name
千葉県
Reading
Chiba-ken / ちばけん
Region
Kantō 関東
Capital
Chiba 千葉市
Population
6,284,480 (2020 census)
Area
5,158 km²
Density
1,218 people per km²
Municipalities
5437 cities, 16 towns, and 1 villages
Designated cities
Chiba City
Districts (郡)
6
Codes
JIS 12·ISO 3166-2 JP-12

How an address here begins

千葉県千葉市

Chiba-ken, Chiba-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Chiba's 6 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Chiba市区町村

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

Designated city政令指定都市

A designated city is divided into wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.

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.