Place:Wakayama, Japan

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NameWakayama
Alt namesWakayamasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypePrefecture
Coordinates34.0°N 135.333°E
Located inJapan
Contained Places
District
Arida
Hidaka
Higashimuro
Ito
Kaiso
Naga
Nishimuro
Inhabited place
Gobo
Hashimoto
Hirokawa
Kainan
Kushimoto
Nakaheji
Shingu
Tanabe
Wakayama
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 and has a geographic area of . 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 western 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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