A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located.
Contents
- Map of Tokyo Japan
- Japan
- Non capitals which share a name with their prefecture
- Capitals that are not the largest citymetropolitan area in their prefecture
- References
Map of Tokyo, Japan
Japan
In Japan, a prefectural capital is officially called todōfukenchō shozaichi (都道府県庁所在地, "seat of the prefectural government"), but the term kento (県都, "prefectural capital") is also used (dōto, 道都, in the -dō, but never "futo" or "toto").
Non-capitals which share a name with their prefecture
In most cases, a city that share a name with its prefecture is a prefectural capital. However, there are some municipalities that are not capitals.
Capitals that are not the largest city/metropolitan area in their prefecture
Those in italics are prefectural capitals, or metropolitan areas of them.
References
List of capitals in Japan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA