Municipalities in 秋田県

Municipalities in 秋田県.

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Map of municipalities in 秋田県

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Municipality list

Code Municipality Population
052019 秋田市 (アキタシ) 293,588
052027 能代市 (ノシロシ) 45,494
052035 横手市 (ヨコテシ) 77,559
052043 大館市 (オオダテシ) 63,256
052060 男鹿市 (オガシ) 21,600
052078 湯沢市 (ユザワシ) 37,448
052094 鹿角市 (カヅノシ) 25,640
052108 由利本荘市 (ユリホンジョウシ) 69,212
052116 潟上市 (カタガミシ) 30,257
052124 大仙市 (ダイセンシ) 71,092
052132 北秋田市 (キタアキタシ) 26,459
052141 にかほ市 (ニカホシ) 21,181
052159 仙北市 (センボクシ) 21,666
053031 小坂町 (コサカマチ) 4,213
053279 上小阿仁村 (カミコアニムラ) 1,705
053465 藤里町 (フジサトマチ) 2,525
053481 三種町 (ミタネチョウ) 13,140
053490 八峰町 (ハッポウチョウ) 5,635
053619 五城目町 (ゴジョウメマチ) 7,255
053635 八郎潟町 (ハチロウガタマチ) 4,954
053660 井川町 (イカワマチ) 4,013
053686 大潟村 (オオガタムラ) 2,825
054348 美郷町 (ミサトチョウ) 16,810
054631 羽後町 (ウゴマチ) 12,280
054640 東成瀬村 (ヒガシナルセムラ) 2,293

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  • The first two digits of the code identify the prefecture, so the list page groups municipalities by prefecture.
  • Wards of designated cities (such as Chuo-ku in Sapporo) are not independent local governments, so they are listed together under their parent city.
  • Population and household figures are added municipality by municipality as they become available, and show as "Not yet available" until then.

Frequently asked questions

Municipality names and codes come from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ("National Local Government Code"), and population, household, taxable income, and estimated GDP figures come from the e-Stat portal of Japanese government statistics (based on the census and Economic Census). Both are published under Japan's Standard Terms of Use 2.0 and are credited accordingly.

We reflect the latest figures published on e-Stat as they become available. For some municipalities the data has not yet been retrieved and will show as "Not yet available".

Updates follow the schedule on which the Ministry revises its official code list, so there can be a short delay right after a merger or name change.

No. Wards aren't independent local governments, so this tool lists designated cities as a single entry rather than one page per ward.
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Side Note — The story behind the National Local Government Code

Japan's six-digit "National Local Government Code", which uniquely identifies every municipality, was established in 1968 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) to make information processing more efficient. The first two digits represent the prefecture, the next three represent the municipality, and the final digit is a check digit used to catch data-entry errors.

Thanks to that check digit, mistyping even a single digit usually produces an inconsistency that can be caught immediately. Even though the scheme was designed more than half a century ago, it is still used throughout Japanese administrative systems today, including the Basic Resident Register Network.

When municipalities merge, a new code is issued and the old one is retired rather than reused. Looking through the full list of codes, you can still spot traces of the many renumberings that happened during the wave of municipal mergers in the early 2000s.

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