Miyagi宮城県
Miyagi-ken, みやぎけん. The name ends in 県 (ken), prefecture.
Miyagi has Sendai, the largest city in Tōhoku and a designated city with five wards.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 宮城県
- Reading
- Miyagi-ken / みやぎけん
- Region
- Tōhoku 東北
- Capital
- Sendai 仙台市
- Population
- 2,301,996 (2020 census)
- Area
- 7,282 km²
- Density
- 316 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 35: 14 cities, 20 towns, and 1 village
- Designated cities
- Sendai City
- Districts (郡)
- 10
- Codes
- JIS 04, ISO 3166-2 JP-04
- Website
- www.pref.miyagi.jp
- Tree
- zelkova ケヤキ
- Flower
- Miyagino bush clover ミヤギノハギ
- Bird
- wild goose ガン
The tree, flower, and bird are the prefectural symbols, chosen by ordinance. Every prefecture has all three.
The most populous municipalities
| Municipality | Population | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sendai City仙台市 | 1,096,704 | 786.35 | 47.6% |
| Ishinomaki City石巻市 | 140,151 | 554.55 | 6.1% |
| Osaki City大崎市 | 127,330 | 796.81 | 5.5% |
| Natori City名取市 | 78,718 | 98.18 | 3.4% |
| Tome City登米市 | 76,037 | 536.12 | 3.3% |
| Kurihara City栗原市 | 64,637 | 804.97 | 2.8% |
| Tagajo City多賀城市 | 62,827 | 19.69 | 2.7% |
| Kesennuma City気仙沼市 | 61,147 | 332.44 | 2.7% |
| Shiogama City塩竈市 | 52,203 | 17.37 | 2.3% |
| Tomiya City富谷市 | 51,651 | 49.18 | 2.2% |
2020 census. Share is the municipality's part of the prefecture's population. The other 25 are listed below.
How an address here begins
宮城県仙台市…
Miyagi-ken, Sendai-shi, …
The prefecture name is written first, then the municipality name, then the name of one of Sendai's 5 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map finds any address you paste into it.
Neighbouring prefectures
Every municipality in Miyagi市区町村
35 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Each has a page with its population, area, neighbours, and 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. Each town and village in it is a government.
Questions about Miyagi
- What is the capital of Miyagi?
- Sendai (仙台市). The prefectural office is there. It is also the largest municipality in the prefecture. It is a designated city, divided into wards.
- What does 県 mean in 宮城県?
- 県 (ken) means prefecture. It is the ordinary word for prefecture, used by 43 of the 47. The other four are Tokyo (都), Hokkaidō (道), Osaka, and Kyoto (府), which are the same kind of government with a different word at the end of the name.
- How many municipalities are in Miyagi?
- 35: 14 cities, 20 towns, and 1 village. Each is a local government with its own mayor and assembly. One of them is a designated city, divided into wards: Sendai City (5 wards). The wards are offices of the city, not governments. The towns and villages are grouped into 10 districts (郡), names used in addresses, not governments.
- What is the population of Miyagi?
- 2,301,996 at the 2020 census, on 7,282 km², which is 316 people per km². Miyagi is the 14th most populous of the 47 prefectures and the 16th largest by area.
- Which prefectures border Miyagi?
- Four prefectures: Iwate (岩手県), Akita (秋田県), Yamagata (山形県), and Fukushima (福島県). Borders across water are not counted.
- What region is Miyagi in?
- Tōhoku (東北). A region is a customary grouping of prefectures, not a government, so Miyagi elects a governor and an assembly but the region elects nothing.
- How is Miyagi written in Japanese?
- 宮城県, read Miyagi-ken and written みやぎけん in hiragana. The last character, 県, is the word for prefecture, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Miyagi begin?
- With the prefecture name, then the municipality name: 宮城県仙台市… (Miyagi-ken, Sendai-shi, …). In Sendai the ward name is written after the city name, since it is a designated city. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
- What is the largest city in Miyagi?
- Sendai City (仙台市), with 1,096,704 people at the 2020 census. It is also the capital. The three most populous municipalities are Sendai City (仙台市, 1,096,704), Ishinomaki City (石巻市, 140,151), and Osaki City (大崎市, 127,330).
- What are the symbols of Miyagi?
- The prefectural tree is the zelkova (ケヤキ), the flower the Miyagino bush clover (ミヤギノハギ), and the bird the wild goose (ガン). Miyagi chose them by ordinance, as every prefecture has.
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. Website and symbols: the prefecture's Japanese Wikipedia article, read in September 2026.