Place:Kochi, Japan

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NameKochi
Alt namesKōchi Prefecturesource: Wikipedia
Kōchi-kensource: Wikipedia
Kōchisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Kōchi prefecturesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypePrefecture
Coordinates33.667°N 133.5°E
Located inJapan
Contained Places
District
Agawa
Aki
Hata
Kami
Nagaoka
Takaoka
Tosa
Inhabited place
Kochi
Muroto
Nakamura
Nankoku
Ryōnan
Sukumo
Susaki
Tosashimizu
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the northeast.

Kōchi is the capital and largest city of Kōchi Prefecture, with other major cities including Nankoku, Shimanto, and Kōnan. Kōchi Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific coast surrounding a large bay in the south of Shikoku, with the southernmost point of the island located at Cape Ashizuri in Tosashimizu. Kōchi Prefecture is home to Kōchi Castle, considered the most intact Japanese castle, and the Shimanto River, one of the few undammed rivers in Japan.

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History

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Kōchi Prefecture was historically known as Tosa Province and was controlled by the Chōsokabe clan in the Sengoku period and the Yamauchi clan during the Edo period.

Kōchi city is also the birthplace of noted revolutionary Sakamoto Ryōma, who became one of the main instigators of the Meiji Restoration.

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