Nagano長野県

Nagano-ken·ながのけん· (ken), prefecture

Landlocked and the most mountainous prefecture, bordering eight others. It hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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Facts

Japanese name
長野県
Reading
Nagano-ken / ながのけん
Region
Chūbu 中部
Capital
Nagano 長野市
Population
2,048,011 (2020 census)
Area
13,562 km²
Density
151 people per km²
Municipalities
7719 cities, 23 towns, and 35 villages
Designated cities
None
Districts (郡)
14
Codes
JIS 20·ISO 3166-2 JP-20

How an address here begins

長野県長野市

Nagano-ken, Nagano-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 Nagano市区町村

77 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.

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.