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Wakayama Prefecture is a region located in Japan on the Kii Peninsula. It is known for its mountainous terrain, coastal areas, and historical significance as a center of Buddhist pilgrimage and culture.
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- Instance of
- prefecture of Japan
- Named after
- Wakayama Castle
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Japan
- Contains
- Kaiso District
- Capital
- Wakayama
- Population
- 910687
- Area
- 4725.67
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Shares border with
- Mie Prefecture
- Official website
- www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/bcms/korean
- Image
- Pagoda and Nachi Falls 2017-10-12.jpg
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- Wakayama prefecture
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Wakayama prefecture
- Commons category
- Wakayama prefecture
- topic's main category
- Category:Wakayama Prefecture
- twinned administrative body
- Galicia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wakayama Prefecture
- water as percent of area
- 0.04
- native label
- 和歌山県
- external data available at URL
- wakayama-pref-org.github.io
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- official symbol
- Prunus mume
- located in/on physical feature
- Kii Peninsula
- topic has template
- Template:Wakayama
- OpenStreetMap zoom level
- 7
- associated electoral district
- Wakayama 3rd district
- name in kana
- わかやまけん
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Encyclopedic overview
Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県, Wakayama-ken; Japanese pronunciation: [wa.kaꜜ.ja.ma, wa.ka.ja.maꜜ.keɴ]) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 (as of 1 February 2025) and a geographic area of 4,724 square kilometres (1,824 sq mi). Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to the northeast.
Wakayama is the capital and largest city of Wakayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Tanabe, Hashimoto, and Kinokawa. Wakayama Prefecture is located on the southwestern coast of the Kii Peninsula on the Kii Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.
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