Hiroshima広島県

Hiroshima-ken·ひろしまけん·県 (ken), prefecture

The largest prefecture in Chūgoku. Hiroshima City is a designated city with eight wards.

Facts

Japanese name: 広島県
Reading: Hiroshima-ken / ひろしまけん
Region: Chūgoku 中国
Capital: Hiroshima 広島市
Population: 2,799,702 (2020 census)
Area: 8,480 km²
Density: 330 people per km²
Municipalities: 23 — 14 cities, 9 towns, and 0 villages
Designated cities: Hiroshima City
Districts (郡): 5
Codes: JIS 34·ISO 3166-2 JP-34

How an address here begins

広島県広島市…

Hiroshima-ken, Hiroshima-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Hiroshima's 8 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Hiroshima市区町村

23 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.

Hiroshima City広島市· 8 wards

Other 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.

Aki District安芸郡district, not a government
Yamagata District山県郡district, not a government
- Akiota Town安芸太田町
- Kitahiroshima Town北広島町
Toyota District豊田郡district, not a government
- Osakikamijima Town大崎上島町
Sera District世羅郡district, not a government
- Sera Town世羅町
Jinseki District神石郡district, not a government
- Jinsekikogen Town神石高原町

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.