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Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. [2] Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 km 2 (2,359 sq mi ).
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Yamaguchi (山口市, Yamaguchi-shi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2023 [update] , the city had an estimated population of 191,470 in 88,799 households and a population density of 190 persons per km 2 . [ 1 ]
The total area of the city is 716.18 square kilometres (276.52 sq mi). It is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region in terms of population. It is nicknamed the "Fugu Capital" for the locally caught pufferfish, and is the largest harvester of the pufferfish in Japan. [citation needed]
The Chūgoku region (Japanese: 中国地方, Hepburn: Chūgoku-chihō, IPA: [tɕɯːɡokɯ̥ tɕiꜜhoː]), also known as the San'in-San'yō (山陰山陽地方, San'in-San'yō-chihō) region, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi. [3]
The following list sorts all cities (including towns) in the Japanese prefecture of Yamaguchi with a population of more than 5,000 according to the 2020 Census. As of October 1, 2020, 17 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here.
Location of Kuga District in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Kuga (玖珂郡, Kuga-gun) is a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Tsugumasa Muraoka is the Governor of Yamaguchi over seeing the Kuga District. At the 2005 Census, the district had an estimated population of 6,442. The total area is 10.56 km 2. The district has one town. Waki