Saga佐賀県

Saga-ken·さがけん· (ken), prefecture

The smallest prefecture in Kyūshū, known for Arita and Imari porcelain.

Open Saga on the map

Facts

Japanese name
佐賀県
Reading
Saga-ken / さがけん
Region
Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄
Capital
Saga 佐賀市
Population
811,442 (2020 census)
Area
2,441 km²
Density
332 people per km²
Municipalities
2010 cities, 10 towns, and 0 villages
Designated cities
None
Districts (郡)
6
Codes
JIS 41·ISO 3166-2 JP-41

How an address here begins

佐賀県佐賀市

Saga-ken, Saga-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 Saga市区町村

20 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.