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Kōchi Prefecture is a region located on the island of Shikoku in Japan. It is one of Japan's 47 prefectures and serves as an administrative division of the country.
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- Instance of
- prefecture of Japan
- Named after
- Tosa Domain
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Japan
- Contains
- Muroto
- Capital
- Kōchi-shi
- Population
- 688870
- Area
- 7103.93
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Body of water
- Tosa Bay
- Shares border with
- Tokushima Prefecture
- Official website
- www.pref.kochi.lg.jp/korean
- Image
- Shimanto River And Iwama Bridge 1.jpg
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- name in kana
- こうちけん
- replaces
- Tosa Province
- Commons category
- Kochi prefecture
- topic's main category
- Category:Kōchi Prefecture
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kōchi prefecture
- category for films shot at this location
- Category:Films shot in Kōchi Prefecture
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kōchi Prefecture
- Commons gallery
- 高知県
- twinned administrative body
- South Jeolla
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- 高知県
- located in/on physical feature
- Shikoku
- social media followers
- 39982
- official symbol
- Cryptomeria japonica
- coextensive with
- Tosa Province
- topic has template
- Template:Kōchi Prefecture
- hashtag
- 高知県
- OpenStreetMap zoom level
- 7
- revised Hepburn romanization
- Kōchi-ken
- transliteration or transcription
- Kochi-ken
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Encyclopedic overview
Kōchi Prefecture (高知県, Kōchi-ken; Japanese pronunciation: [koꜜː.tɕi, koː.tɕi̥ꜜ.keɴ], locally [koː.tɕi]) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the northeast.
Kōchi is the capital and largest city of Kōchi Prefecture, with other major cities including Nankoku, Shimanto, and Kōnan. Kōchi Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific coast surrounding a large bay in the south of Shikoku, with the southernmost point of the island located at Cape Ashizuri in Tosashimizu. Kōchi Prefecture is home to Kōchi Castle, considered the most intact Japanese castle, and the Shimanto River, one of the few undammed rivers in Japan.
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