Yamaguchi山口県
Yamaguchi-ken·やまぐちけん·県 (ken), prefecture
The western end of Honshū, connected to Kyūshū by tunnel and bridge at Shimonoseki.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 山口県
- Reading
- Yamaguchi-ken / やまぐちけん
- Region
- Chūgoku 中国
- Capital
- Yamaguchi 山口市
- Largest city
- Shimonoseki 下関市 — larger than the capital
- Population
- 1,342,059 (2020 census)
- Area
- 6,113 km²
- Density
- 220 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 19 — 13 cities, 6 towns, and 0 villages
- Designated cities
- None
- Districts (郡)
- 4
- Codes
- JIS 35·ISO 3166-2 JP-35
How an address here begins
山口県山口市…
Yamaguchi-ken, Yamaguchi-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 Yamaguchi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.