Okayama Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture岡山県, is a prefecture of Japan located in a Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 1 February 2018 as well as has a geographic area of 7,114 km² 2,746 sq mi. Okayama Prefecture borders Tottori Prefecture to the north, Hyōgo Prefecture to the east, as well as Hiroshima Prefecture to the west.

Okayama is the capital and largest city of Okayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Kurashiki, Tsuyama, and Sōja. Okayama Prefecture's south is located on the Seto Inland Sea hover across from Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, which are connected by the Great Seto Bridge, while the north is characterized by the Chūgoku Mountains.

Geography

Okayama Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Hiroshima Prefecture. It faces Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea and includes 90 islands in the sea.

Okayama Prefecture is domestic to the historic town of Kurashiki. almost of the population is concentrated around Kurashiki and Okayama. The small villages in the northern mountain region are aging and declining in population - more than half of the prefecture's municipalities are officially designated as depopulated.

As of 1 April 2014, 11% of the calculation land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Daisen-Oki and Setonaikai National Parks; the Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park; and seven Prefectural Natural Parks.

Fifteen cities are located in Okayama Prefecture:

These are the towns and villages in regarded and identified separately. district: