Kōchi高知県

Kōchi-ken·こうちけん·県 (ken), prefecture

The Pacific side of Shikoku, mostly forest, with the Shimanto River.

Facts

Japanese name: 高知県
Reading: Kōchi-ken / こうちけん
Region: Shikoku 四国
Capital: Kōchi 高知市
Population: 691,527 (2020 census)
Area: 7,104 km²
Density: 97 people per km²
Municipalities: 34 — 11 cities, 17 towns, and 6 villages
Designated cities: None
Districts (郡): 6
Codes: JIS 39·ISO 3166-2 JP-39

How an address here begins

高知県高知市…

Kōchi-ken, Kochi-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 Kōchi市区町村

34 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.

Aki District安芸郡district, not a government
Nagaoka District長岡郡district, not a government
- Motoyama Town本山町
- Otoyo Town大豊町
Tosa District土佐郡district, not a government
- Tosa Town土佐町
- Okawa Village大川村
Agawa District吾川郡district, not a government
- Ino Townいの町
- Niyodogawa Town仁淀川町
Takaoka District高岡郡district, not a government
Hata District幡多郡district, not a government

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.