Kumamoto熊本県
Kumamoto-ken·くまもとけん·県 (ken), prefecture
Central Kyūshū, with the Mount Aso caldera and Kumamoto Castle.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 熊本県
- Reading
- Kumamoto-ken / くまもとけん
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Capital
- Kumamoto 熊本市
- Population
- 1,738,301 (2020 census)
- Area
- 7,409 km²
- Density
- 235 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 45 — 14 cities, 23 towns, and 8 villages
- Designated cities
- Kumamoto City
- Districts (郡)
- 9
- Codes
- JIS 43·ISO 3166-2 JP-43
How an address here begins
熊本県熊本市…
Kumamoto-ken, Kumamoto-shi, …
The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Kumamoto's 5 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.
Neighbouring prefectures
Every municipality in Kumamoto市区町村
45 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
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.