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Wakayama Prefecture

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Summary

Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan[1]. It draws 4,484 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture of japan category, ranking #42 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Japan[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Seto Inland Sea[5], Pacific Ocean[6]
  • Head of government: Izumi Miyazaki[7]
  • Capital: Wakayama[8]
  • Shares border with: Osaka Prefecture[9], Nara Prefecture[10], Mie Prefecture[11]
  • Anthem: Wakayama Kenminka[12], Wakayama-ken Kenseika[13]
  • Named after: Wakayama Castle[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Wakayama[15], Kainan[16], Hashimoto[17], Arida[18], Gobō-shi[19], Tanabe[20], Shingu[21], Kinokawa[22], Iwade[23], Kaiso District[24], Ito district[25], Arida district[26], Hidaka district[27], Nishimuro district[28]
  • Flag: flag of Wakayama prefecture[29]
  • Twinned administrative body: Shandong[30], Pyrénées-Orientales[31], Florida[32], Sinaloa[33], Galicia[34]
  • Legislative body: Wakayama Prefectural Assembly[35]
  • Executive body: Wakayama prefectural government[36]
  • Commons category: Wakayama prefecture[37]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[38], Japan Standard Time[39]
  • Archives at: Kinokuni Shigakukan[40]
  • Has part(s): Kihoku[41], Kinan[42]
  • Highest point: Mount Ryūjin[43]
  • Coordinate location: 34.22602777777778, 135.1675[44]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Kii Peninsula[45]
  • Official website: https://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/[46], https://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/bcms/english/[47], https://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/bcms/chinese/[48], https://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/bcms/korean/[49]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wakayama Prefecture[50]
  • Commons gallery: Wakayama prefecture[51]
  • Population: 910,687[52]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portail:Préfecture de Wakayama[53]

Why It Matters

Wakayama Prefecture has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Related Entities

Florida Galicia Govdirectory Japan Koyasan University Wakayama Medical University Wakayama Professional University of Rehabilitation Wakayama Shin-ai University Wakayama University

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000358
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3OAhhK
    Head of government → Shūhei Kishimoto, Yoshinobu Nisaka, Izumi Miyazaki
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  3. 16w ago · Väsk · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → ordinary local public entity
    Highest point → Mount Ryūjin
    Office held by head of government → governor of Wakayama Prefecture
    Instance of → prefecture of Japan
    + 48 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Yoshinobu Nisaka"
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