Nagasaki長崎県
Nagasaki-ken·ながさきけん·県 (ken), prefecture
The prefecture with the most islands, and Japan's main point of contact with Europe during the Edo period.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 長崎県
- Reading
- Nagasaki-ken / ながさきけん
- Region
- Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
- Capital
- Nagasaki 長崎市
- Population
- 1,312,317 (2020 census)
- Area
- 4,131 km²
- Density
- 318 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 21 — 13 cities, 8 towns, and 0 villages
- Designated cities
- None
- Districts (郡)
- 4
- Codes
- JIS 42·ISO 3166-2 JP-42
How an address here begins
長崎県長崎市…
Nagasaki-ken, Nagasaki-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 Nagasaki市区町村
21 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.
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.