Wakayama和歌山県

Wakayama-ken·わかやまけん·県 (ken), prefecture

The Kii peninsula, with the Kumano pilgrimage routes and the temple town of Kōyasan.

Facts

Japanese name: 和歌山県
Reading: Wakayama-ken / わかやまけん
Region: Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
Capital: Wakayama 和歌山市
Population: 922,584 (2020 census)
Area: 4,725 km²
Density: 195 people per km²
Municipalities: 30 — 9 cities, 20 towns, and 1 villages
Designated cities: None
Districts (郡): 6
Codes: JIS 30·ISO 3166-2 JP-30

How an address here begins

和歌山県和歌山市…

Wakayama-ken, Wakayama-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 Wakayama市区町村

30 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.

Kaiso District海草郡district, not a government
- Kimino Town紀美野町
Ito District伊都郡district, not a government
Arida District有田郡district, not a government
Hidaka District日高郡district, not a government
Nishimuro District西牟婁郡district, not a government
Higashimuro District東牟婁郡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.