Kanagawa神奈川県
Kanagawa-ken·かながわけん·県 (ken), prefecture
South of Tokyo, with three designated cities: Yokohama, Kawasaki, and Sagamihara.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 神奈川県
- Reading
- Kanagawa-ken / かながわけん
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Capital
- Yokohama 横浜市
- Population
- 9,237,337 (2020 census)
- Area
- 2,416 km²
- Density
- 3,823 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 33 — 19 cities, 13 towns, and 1 villages
- Designated cities
- Yokohama City, Kawasaki City, and Sagamihara City
- Districts (郡)
- 6
- Codes
- JIS 14·ISO 3166-2 JP-14
How an address here begins
神奈川県横浜市…
Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, …
The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Yokohama's 18 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.
Neighbouring prefectures
Every municipality in Kanagawa市区町村
33 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.
Designated cities政令指定都市
A designated city is divided into wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.
Yokohama City横浜市· 18 wards
Kawasaki City川崎市· 7 wards
Sagamihara City相模原市· 3 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.
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.