Shiga滋賀県
Shiga-ken·しがけん·県 (ken), prefecture
Surrounds Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, which covers a sixth of the prefecture.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 滋賀県
- Reading
- Shiga-ken / しがけん
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Capital
- Ōtsu 大津市
- Population
- 1,413,610 (2020 census)
- Area
- 4,017 km²
- Density
- 352 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 19 — 13 cities, 6 towns, and 0 villages
- Designated cities
- None
- Districts (郡)
- 3
- Codes
- JIS 25·ISO 3166-2 JP-25
How an address here begins
滋賀県大津市…
Shiga-ken, Otsu-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 Shiga市区町村
19 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.