Ibaraki茨城県

Ibaraki-ken·いばらきけん·県 (ken), prefecture

North-east of Tokyo, with Lake Kasumigaura and the research city of Tsukuba.

Facts

Japanese name: 茨城県
Reading: Ibaraki-ken / いばらきけん
Region: Kantō 関東
Capital: Mito 水戸市
Population: 2,867,009 (2020 census)
Area: 6,097 km²
Density: 470 people per km²
Municipalities: 44 — 32 cities, 10 towns, and 2 villages
Designated cities: None
Districts (郡): 7
Codes: JIS 08·ISO 3166-2 JP-08

How an address here begins

茨城県水戸市…

Ibaraki-ken, Mito-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 Ibaraki市区町村

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

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.

Higashiibaraki District東茨城郡district, not a government
Naka District那珂郡district, not a government
- Tokai Village東海村
Kuji District久慈郡district, not a government
- Daigo Town大子町
Inashiki District稲敷郡district, not a government
Yuki District結城郡district, not a government
- Yachiyo Town八千代町
Sashima District猿島郡district, not a government
- Goka Town五霞町
- Sakai Town境町
Kitasoma District北相馬郡district, not a government
- Tone Town利根町

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.