Hyōgo兵庫県

Hyōgo-ken·ひょうごけん· (ken), prefecture

The only Kansai prefecture touching both the Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan. It includes Awaji Island.

Open Hyōgo on the map

Facts

Japanese name
兵庫県
Reading
Hyōgo-ken / ひょうごけん
Region
Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
Capital
Kobe 神戸市
Population
5,465,002 (2020 census)
Area
8,401 km²
Density
651 people per km²
Municipalities
4129 cities, 12 towns, and 0 villages
Designated cities
Kobe City
Districts (郡)
8
Codes
JIS 28·ISO 3166-2 JP-28

How an address here begins

兵庫県神戸市

Hyōgo-ken, Kōbe-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Kobe's 9 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Hyōgo市区町村

41 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.