Toyama富山県

Toyama-ken·とやまけん·県 (ken), prefecture

Facing Toyama Bay with the Tateyama range behind it. Part of the Hokuriku area.

Facts

Japanese name: 富山県
Reading: Toyama-ken / とやまけん
Region: Chūbu 中部
Capital: Toyama 富山市
Population: 1,034,814 (2020 census)
Area: 4,248 km²
Density: 244 people per km²
Municipalities: 15 — 10 cities, 4 towns, and 1 villages
Designated cities: None
Districts (郡): 2
Codes: JIS 16·ISO 3166-2 JP-16

How an address here begins

富山県富山市…

Toyama-ken, Toyama-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 Toyama市区町村

15 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.

Nakaniikawa District中新川郡district, not a government
Shimoniikawa District下新川郡district, not a government
- Nyuzen Town入善町
- Asahi Town朝日町

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.