Fukushima福島県
Fukushima-ken·ふくしまけん·県 (ken), prefecture
The third-largest prefecture, split by mountain ranges into the Hamadōri coast, the central Nakadōri, and the Aizu basin.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 福島県
- Reading
- Fukushima-ken / ふくしまけん
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Capital
- Fukushima 福島市
- Largest city
- Iwaki いわき市 — larger than the capital
- Population
- 1,833,152 (2020 census)
- Area
- 13,784 km²
- Density
- 133 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 59 — 13 cities, 31 towns, and 15 villages
- Designated cities
- None
- Districts (郡)
- 13
- Codes
- JIS 07·ISO 3166-2 JP-07
How an address here begins
福島県福島市…
Fukushima-ken, Fukushima-shi, …
The prefecture comes first, then the municipality. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.
Neighbouring prefectures
Every municipality in Fukushima市区町村
59 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.
Cities市
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.