Cherry blossoms bloom in the courtyard of Negoro-ji Temple in Iwade City, Wakayama Prefecture
Flag
Symbol
Anthem: Wakayama kenminka
Country
Japan
Region
Kansai
Island
Honshū
Capital
Wakayama (city)
Subdivisions
Districts: 6, Municipalities: 30
Government
• Governor
Shūhei Kishimoto (since December 17, 2022)
Area
• Total
4,724.69 km2 (1,824.21 sq mi)
• Rank
30th
Population
(1 October 2017)
• Total
944,320
• Rank
39th
• Density
199.87/km2 (517.7/sq mi)
• Dialects
Kishū
GDP
[1]
• Total
JP¥ 3,745 billion US$ 34.4 billion (2019)
ISO 3166 code
JP-30
Website
www.wakayama.lg.jp/ english/
Symbols of Japan
Bird
Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonica)
Flower
Ume blossom (Prunus mume)
Tree
Ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県, Wakayama-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.[2]: 1026 Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 (as of 1 October 2017[update]) and has a geographic area of 4,724 square kilometres (1,824 sq mi). Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to the northeast.
Wakayama is the capital and largest city of Wakayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Tanabe, Hashimoto, and Kinokawa.[3]: 1025 Wakayama Prefecture is located on the southwestern coast of the Kii Peninsula on the Kii Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.
^"2020年度国民経済計算（2015年基準・2008SNA） : 経済社会総合研究所 - 内閣府". 内閣府ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-18.
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Wakayama prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1026, p. 1026, at Google Books; "Kansai" in p. 477, p. 477, at Google Books.
^Nussbaum, "Wakayama" in p. 1025, p. 1025, at Google Books.
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