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Gunma Prefecture is a region located in Japan that serves as one of the country's 47 prefectures. It is known for its natural hot springs and mountainous terrain, making it an important destination for tourism and recreation in Japan.
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- Instance of
- prefecture of Japan
- Named after
- Gunma district
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Japan
- Contains
- Numata
- Capital
- Maebashi
- Population
- 1934920
- Area
- 6362.28
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Head of government
- Ichita Yamamoto
- Shares border with
- Tochigi Prefecture
- Highest point
- Mount Nikkō-Shirane
- Official website
- www.pref.gunma.jp
- Image
- 草津温泉の湯畑02.jpg
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- replaces
- Obata Domain
- territory overlaps
- Kōzuke Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Gunma Prefecture
- Commons category
- Gunma prefecture
- located in/on physical feature
- Kantō Plain
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Gunma prefecture
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gunma Prefecture
- Commons gallery
- Gunma prefecture
- inception
- 1871-12-10
- native label
- 群馬県
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- official symbol
- Plecoglossus altivelis
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- October 28
- topic has template
- Template:Gunma
- OpenStreetMap zoom level
- 7
- associated electoral district
- Gunma 5th district
- name in kana
- ぐんまけん
- twinned administrative body
- São Paulo
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Encyclopedic overview
Gunma Prefecture (群馬県, Gunma-ken; Japanese pronunciation: [ɡɯꜜm.ma, ɡɯm.maꜜ.keɴ]) is an inland prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 square kilometres (2,456 sq mi). Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Saitama Prefecture to the south, and Tochigi Prefecture to the east.
Maebashi is the capital and Takasaki is the largest city of Gunma Prefecture, with other major cities including Ōta, Isesaki, and Kiryū. Gunma Prefecture is one of only eight inland prefectures, located on the northwestern corner of the Kantō Plain with 14% of its total land being designated as natural parks.
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