Kansai / Kinki関西・近畿

Kansai / Kinki. A region (地方, chihō) of Japan.

The Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe area and its neighbours. 近畿 (Kinki) is the formal name and 関西 (Kansai) the everyday one. Mie is counted here in the Kinki definition but is often put in Tōkai instead.

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.

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Facts

Japanese name: 関西・近畿
Prefectures: 7
Population: 22,311,695 (2020 census)
Area: 33,125 km²
Density: 674 people per km²
Municipalities: 227
Most populous prefecture: Osaka 8,837,685
Designated cities: Kyoto City, Osaka City, Sakai City, and Kobe City

The 7 prefectures in Kansai / Kinki都道府県

Prefecture	Capital	Population	km²	Municipalities
Mie三重県	Tsu津市	1,770,254	5,774	29
Shiga滋賀県	Ōtsu大津市	1,413,610	4,017	19
Kyoto京都府	Kyoto京都市	2,578,087	4,612	26
Osaka大阪府	Osaka大阪市	8,837,685	1,905	43
Hyōgo兵庫県	Kobe神戸市	5,465,002	8,401	41
Nara奈良県	Nara奈良市	1,324,473	3,691	39
Wakayama和歌山県	Wakayama和歌山市	922,584	4,725	30

Designated cities in Kansai / Kinki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.