Nagasaki長崎県

Nagasaki-ken·ながさきけん· (ken), prefecture

The prefecture with the most islands, and Japan's main point of contact with Europe during the Edo period.

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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
2113 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.

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.