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Matsue

is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. , the city had an estimated population of 196,748 in 91287 households and a population density of 340 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Matsue is home to the Tokugawa-era Matsue Castle, one of the last surviving feudal castles in Japan.

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Matsue is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in Japan's Chūgoku region, with a population of approximately 196,748 residents. The city is notable for preserving Matsue Castle, one of the few remaining feudal castles from the Tokugawa era in Japan.

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Settlement.name: Matsue
Settlement.native_name_lang: ja
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture capital and Core city
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Matsue, Shimane.svg
Settlement.image_seal: File:Emblem of Matsue, Shimane.svg
Settlement.seal_type: Emblem
Settlement.image_map1: Matsue in Shimane Prefecture Ja.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture
Settlement.pushpin_map: Japan
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Chūgoku (San'in)
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Shimane
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.extinct_title: Now part of

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Wikidata facts

Population: 208613
Area: 530.27
Official website: www.city.matsue.lg.jp
Image: Matsue Castle-3.jpg

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Commons category: Matsue, Shimane
inception: 2005-03-31
native label: 松江市
name in kana: まつえし
postal code: 690-0000

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==Geography== Matsue is located at the northernmost point of Shimane Prefecture, between Lake Shinji and Nakaumi on the banks of the Ohashi River connecting the two lakes, though the city proper reaches the Sea of Japan coast. Matsue is the center of the Lake Shinji-Nakaumi metropolitan area, which has a population of approximately 600,000 in 2020. The Lake Shinji-Nakaumi metropolitan area is the fourth largest on the Sea of Japan coast after Niigata, Greater Kanazawa, and Fukui.