Shimane島根県

Shimane-ken·しまねけん·県 (ken), prefecture

On the San'in coast, with Izumo Taisha shrine and the Oki Islands.

Facts

Japanese name: 島根県
Reading: Shimane-ken / しまねけん
Region: Chūgoku 中国
Capital: Matsue 松江市
Population: 671,126 (2020 census)
Area: 6,708 km²
Density: 100 people per km²
Municipalities: 19 — 8 cities, 10 towns, and 1 villages
Designated cities: None
Districts (郡): 5
Codes: JIS 32·ISO 3166-2 JP-32

How an address here begins

島根県松江市…

Shimane-ken, Matsue-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 Shimane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.

Nita District仁多郡district, not a government
- Okuizumo Town奥出雲町
Iishi District飯石郡district, not a government
- Iinan Town飯南町
Ochi District邑智郡district, not a government
Kanoashi District鹿足郡district, not a government
- Tsuwano Town津和野町
- Yoshika Town吉賀町
Oki District隠岐郡district, not a government

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.