Hyōgo兵庫県
Hyōgo-ken·ひょうごけん·県 (ken), prefecture
The only Kansai prefecture touching both the Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan. It includes Awaji Island.
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
- 41 — 29 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.
Other cities市
- Himeji City姫路市
- Amagasaki City尼崎市
- Akashi City明石市
- Nishinomiya City西宮市
- Sumoto City洲本市
- Ashiya City芦屋市
- Itami City伊丹市
- Aioi City相生市
- Toyoka City豊岡市
- Kakogawa City加古川市
- Ako City赤穂市
- Nishiwaki City西脇市
- Takarazuka City宝塚市
- Miki City三木市
- Takasago City高砂市
- Kawanishi City川西市
- Ono City小野市
- Sanda City三田市
- Kasai City加西市
- Tambasasayama City丹波篠山市
- Yabu City養父市
- Tamba City丹波市
- Minamiawaji City南あわじ市
- Asago City朝来市
- Awaji City淡路市
- Shiso City宍粟市
- Kato City加東市
- Tatsuno Cityたつの市
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.