Ishikawa石川県

Ishikawa-ken·いしかわけん·県 (ken), prefecture

Includes the Noto peninsula. Kanazawa kept much of its Edo-period townscape.

Facts

Japanese name: 石川県
Reading: Ishikawa-ken / いしかわけん
Region: Chūbu 中部
Capital: Kanazawa 金沢市
Population: 1,132,526 (2020 census)
Area: 4,186 km²
Density: 271 people per km²
Municipalities: 19 — 11 cities, 8 towns, and 0 villages
Designated cities: None
Districts (郡): 5
Codes: JIS 17·ISO 3166-2 JP-17

How an address here begins

石川県金沢市…

Ishikawa-ken, Kanazawa-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 Ishikawa市区町村

19 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.

Nomi District能美郡district, not a government
- Kawakita Town川北町
Kahoku District河北郡district, not a government
- Tsubata Town津幡町
- Uchinada Town内灘町
Hakui District羽咋郡district, not a government
- Shika Town志賀町
- Hodatsushimizu Town宝達志水町
Kashima District鹿島郡district, not a government
- Nakanoto Town中能登町
Hosu District鳳珠郡district, not a government
- Anamizu Town穴水町
- Noto Town能登町

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.