Chūbu中部
Chūbu. A region (地方, chihō) of Japan.
Central Honshū, from the Sea of Japan coast across the Japanese Alps to the Pacific. It is often split further into Hokuriku, Kōshin'etsu, and Tōkai.
A region has no assembly, no governor, and no budget. It is a grouping used in weather forecasts, school textbooks, and business planning, and its borders are a convention, not a law. Each prefecture in it is a government.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 中部
- Prefectures
- 9
- Population
- 21,147,819 (2020 census)
- Area
- 66,807 km²
- Density
- 317 people per km²
- Municipalities
- 316
- Most populous prefecture
- Aichi 7,542,415
- Designated cities
- Niigata City, Shizuoka City, Hamamatsu City, and Nagoya City
The 9 prefectures in Chūbu都道府県
| Prefecture | Capital | Population | km² | Municipalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niigata新潟県 | Niigata新潟市 | 2,201,272 | 12,584 | 30 |
| Toyama富山県 | Toyama富山市 | 1,034,814 | 4,248 | 15 |
| Ishikawa石川県 | Kanazawa金沢市 | 1,132,526 | 4,186 | 19 |
| Fukui福井県 | Fukui福井市 | 766,863 | 4,191 | 17 |
| Yamanashi山梨県 | Kōfu甲府市 | 809,974 | 4,465 | 27 |
| Nagano長野県 | Nagano長野市 | 2,048,011 | 13,562 | 77 |
| Gifu岐阜県 | Gifu岐阜市 | 1,978,742 | 10,621 | 42 |
| Shizuoka静岡県 | Shizuoka静岡市 | 3,633,202 | 7,777 | 35 |
| Aichi愛知県 | Nagoya名古屋市 | 7,542,415 | 5,173 | 54 |
Designated cities in Chūbu政令指定都市
A designated city is divided into wards and takes over some services from its prefecture. Each has a page with its wards.
Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査), the prefectures added up. 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.