States or Territories

Kanagawa Prefecture

Prefecture

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Kanagawa Prefecture." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/kanagawa-prefecture.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/kanagawa-prefecture

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-kanagawa-prefecture,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Kanagawa Prefecture},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/kanagawa-prefecture},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Kanto region of Honshu, and the second most populous prefecture in the country. Its capital is Yokohama, and the 2020 census recorded a population of 9,201,825 across an area of 2,415.83 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Yokohama 1

Population

9,201,825 1

2020 figure from Kanagawa Prefecture's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Area (sq km)

2415.83 1

Latitude

35.447508 degrees north 1

Longitude

139.642344 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Japan

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan.

Source Kanagawa Prefecture (Wikipedia)

Kawasaki

Kawasaki is associated with Kanagawa Prefecture.

Source Kawasaki (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Kanagawa Prefecture (Wikipedia)

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Kanagawa Prefecture...is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at 3,800 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,800/sq mi).

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