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Hyōgo Prefecture

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Hyōgo Prefecture

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Also known as Hyogo-ken, Hyōgo, Hyōgo-ken, Hyogo Prefecture, Hyogo

prefecture of Japan

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Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture located in Japan. It matters because it is an important region in the country, though the specific details of its significance would require additional context to fully explain.

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Wikidata facts

Country
Japan
Located in
Japan
Contains
Sumoto
Capital
Kobe
Population
5453392
Area
8400.96
Body of water
Seto Inland Sea
Head of government
Motohiko Saitō
Shares border with
Tokushima Prefecture
Highest point
Mount Hyōno
Official website
web.pref.hyogo.lg.jp
Image
Kobe Port Tower and Maritime Museum, November 2016.jpg
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category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Hyogo prefecture
Commons gallery
兵庫県
Commons category
Hyogo prefecture
topic's main category
Category:Hyōgo Prefecture
category for people born here
Category:Births in Hyogo prefecture
twinned administrative body
Hainan
native label
兵庫県
water as percent of area
0.6
category of associated people
Category:People from Hyōgo Prefecture
name in kana
ひょうごけん
external data available at URL
www.hyogokengikai.jp
official symbol
Oriental White Stork
nickname
兵庫五国連邦
topic has template
Template:Hyogo
OpenStreetMap zoom level
7
inception
1868-07-12
revised Hepburn romanization
Hyōgo-ken
transliteration or transcription
Hyogo-ken
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Encyclopedic overview

Himeji Castle in Himeji, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県, Hyōgo-ken; Japanese pronunciation: [çoꜜː.ɡo, -ŋo, çoː.ɡoꜜ.keɴ, -ŋoꜜ.keɴ]) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 (as of 1 June 2019) and a geographic area of 8,400 square kilometres (3,200 square miles). Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, and Okayama and Tottori prefectures to the west.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyōgo Prefecture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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