Place:Kagawa, Japan

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NameKagawa
Alt namesKagawasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypePrefecture
Coordinates34.25°N 134.0°E
Located inJapan
Contained Places
District
Ayauta
Kagawa
Kita
Mitoyo
Nakatado
Shozu
Inhabited place
Higashikagawa
Hiketa
Kanonji
Marugame
Nagao
Sakaide
Sanuki
Shido
Shirotori
Takamatsu
Tsuda
Zentsuji
Ōchi
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at .[1] Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the south.

Takamatsu is the capital and largest city of Kagawa Prefecture, with other major cities including Marugame, Mitoyo, and Kan'onji. Kagawa Prefecture is located on the Seto Inland Sea across from Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshu, which is connected by the Great Seto Bridge. Kagawa Prefecture includes Shōdoshima, the second-largest island in the Seto Inland Sea, and the prefecture's southern land border with Tokushima Prefecture is formed by the Sanuki Mountains.

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History

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Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province.

For a brief period between August 1876 and December 1888, Kagawa was made a part of Ehime Prefecture.

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Battle of Yashima

Located in Kagawa's capital city, Takamatsu, the mountain of Yashima was the battlefield for one of the best-known struggles between the Heike and Genji clans.

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