Fukui
Fukui Prefecture is the southernmost prefecture in the Hokuriku part of the Chubu area of Honshu, Japan. Enjoy Fukui is the prefecture's official multilingual guide site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Fukui and Obama.
Fukui
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Fukui is the capital city of Fukui Prefecture. In 2017, it had a population of 264,000 people. It is home to the Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins, one of the most important cultural heritage sites in Japan.
Obama
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Obama is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2018, the city had an estimated population of 29,435 in 12,057 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2.
Tsuruga
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Tsuruga is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 29 June 2018, the city had an estimated population of 66,123 in 28,604 households and the population density of 260 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 251.39 square kilometers.
Destinations to Discover
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Katsuyama
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Katsuyama is a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, famous for its dinosaur museum, ski slopes, and large temple.
Sabae
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Sabae is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2018, the city had an estimated population of 69,338 in 24,167 households and the population density of 820 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 84.59 square kilometres.
Echizen
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Echizen is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2018, the city had an estimated population of 83,078 in 20,341 households and a population density of 360 persons per km².
Sakai
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Sakai is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 10 May 2018, the city had an estimated population of 92,210 in 31,509 households and a population density of 550 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 209.67 square kilometres.
Ono
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Ōno, also called Echizen Ōno, is a historic castle town in Fukui prefecture, Japan, known as the 'little Kyoto' of Echizen province. About one fifth of Fukui Prefecture lies within its borders.
Eiheiji
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Eiheiji is a town located in Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2018, the town had an estimated population of 18,746 in 6,262 households and the population density of 200 persons per km2.
Fukui
Latitude of center
35.9264° or 35° 55′ 35″ northLongitude of center
136.6068° or 136° 36′ 25″ eastPopulation
779,000Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 4343334447OpenStreetMap feature
place=province
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Fukui” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Prefektur Fukui”
- Afrikaans: “Fukui Prefektuur”
- Afrikaans: “Fukui-prefektuur”
- Arabic: “فوكوي”
- Arabic: “محافظة فوكوئي”
- Arabic: “محافظة فوكوي”
- Armenian: “Ֆուկուի (պրեֆեկտուրա)”
- Armenian: “Ֆուկուի”
- Asturian: “Fukui (prefeutura)”
- Asturian: “Fukui (Xapón)”
- Asturian: “Fukui”
- Asturian: “prefeutura de Fukui”
- Asturian: “Prefeutura de Fukui”
- Azerbaijani: “Fukui prefekturası”
- Azerbaijani: “Fukui”
- Balinese: “Préféktur Fukui”
- Bashkir: “Фукуи (префектура)”
- Bashkir: “Фукуи”
- Basque: “Fukui”
- Belarusian: “Фукуі (прэфектура)”
- Belarusian: “Фукуі”
- Bengali: “ফুকুই প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Фукуи”
- Catalan: “prefectura de Fukui”
- Catalan: “Prefectura de Fukui”
- Cebuano: “Fukui-ken”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای فوکوی”
- Central Kurdish: “فوکوئی”
- Chechen: “Фукуи (префектура)”
- Chechen: “Фукуи”
- Chinese: “Hukui-koān”
- Chinese: “福井县”
- Chinese: “福井縣”
- Croatian: “Fukui”
- Czech: “prefektura Fukui”
- Czech: “Prefektura Fukui”
- Danish: “Fukui-præfekturet”
- Dutch: “Fukui”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فوكوى”
- Esperanto: “Fukui prefektujo”
- Esperanto: “Fukui-prefektujo”
- Esperanto: “Fukui”
- Esperanto: “Gubernio Fukui”
- Estonian: “Fukui prefektuur”
- Finnish: “Fukuin prefektuuri”
- French: “Fukui”
- French: “préfecture de Fukui”
- French: “Préfecture de Fukui”
- Galician: “Prefectura de Fukui”
- Georgian: “ფუკუის პრეფექტურა”
- German: “Fukui”
- German: “JP-18”
- German: “Präfektur Fukui”
- Greek: “Φουκούι”
- Gujarati: “ફુકુઇ પ્રીફેકચર”
- Hakka Chinese: “Fukui-yen”
- Hebrew: “פוקואי”
- Hindi: “फुकुई प्रीफेक्चर”
- Hungarian: “Fukui prefektúra”
- Iloko: “Fukui”
- Iloko: “Prepektura ti Fukui”
- Indonesian: “Fukui”
- Indonesian: “Prefektur Fukui”
- Irish: “Maoracht Fukui”
- Italian: “prefettura di Fukui”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Fukui”
- Japanese: “Fukui-ken”
- Japanese: “ふくい”
- Japanese: “フクイ”
- Japanese: “ふくいけん”
- Japanese: “フクイケン”
- Japanese: “福井”
- Japanese: “福井県”
- Javanese: “Prefektur Fukui”
- Javanese: “Préfèktur Fukui”
- Kannada: “ಫುಕುಯಿ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
- Korean: “후꾸이 현”
- Korean: “후꾸이현”
- Korean: “후쿠이 현”
- Korean: “후쿠이현”
- Latin: “Fukuiensis”
- Latvian: “Fukui prefektūra”
- Latvian: “Fukuji prefektūra”
- Literary Chinese: “福井縣”
- Lithuanian: “Fukui prefektūra”
- Lithuanian: “Fukujaus prefektūra”
- Lithuanian: “Fukujo prefektūra”
- Macedonian: “Фукуи”
- Macedonian: “Фукуј”
- Malay: “Fukui”
- Malay: “Wilayah Fukui”
- Manipuri: “ꯐꯨꯀꯨꯢ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ”
- Marathi: “फुकुई प्रांत”
- Marathi: “फुकुई”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Fukui-gâing”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fukui-koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fukui-kōan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hukui Koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hukui-koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hukui-kōan”
- Northern Frisian: “Fukui (Prefektüür)”
- Northern Frisian: “Fukui”
- Northern Sami: “Fukui prefektuvra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fukui prefektur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fukui prefektur”
- Norwegian: “Fukui”
- Ossetian: “Фукуи (префектурæ)”
- Ossetian: “Фукуи”
- Pampanga: “Fukui Prefecture”
- Pampanga: “Prepektura ning Fukui”
- Persian: “استان فوکوئی”
- Persian: “استان فوکویی”
- Polish: “Prefektura Fukui”
- Portuguese: “Fukui”
- Romanian: “Fukui”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Fukui”
- Russian: “Фукуи”
- Scots: “Fukui Prefectur”
- Serbian: “Prefektura Fukuj”
- Serbian: “Префектура Фукуи”
- Serbian: “Префектура Фукуј”
- Serbian: “Фукуј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fukui”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Fukui”
- Sinhala: “ෆුකුයි ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Fukui”
- Slovenian: “Prefektura Fukui”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوکوئی اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Fukui Japon”
- Spanish: “Fukui Japón”
- Spanish: “Fukui”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Fukui”
- Sundanese: “Fukui Prefecture”
- Sundanese: “Préféktur Fukui”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Fukui”
- Swedish: “Fukui prefektur”
- Swedish: “Fukui”
- Tagalog: “Fukui Prefecture”
- Tagalog: “Prepektura ng Fukui”
- Tagalog: “Prepekturang Fukui”
- Tagalog: “Prepekturang Pukui”
- Tajik: “Prefekturai Fukui”
- Tajik: “Префектураи Фукуи”
- Tamil: “பிக்குய் ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுர்”
- Tatar: “Фукуи (префектура)”
- Tatar: “Фукуи”
- Telugu: “ఫుకూయి ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
- Thai: “จังหวัดฟูกูอิ”
- Turkish: “Fukui prefektörlüğü”
- Turkish: “Fukui”
- Ukrainian: “Префектура Фукуї”
- Ukrainian: “Префектура Фукуй”
- Ukrainian: “Фукуї”
- Urdu: “فوکوئی پریفیکچر”
- Vietnamese: “Fukui”
- Vietnamese: “Phúc Tỉnh Huyện”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Fukui”
- Waray (Philippines): “Fukui Prefecture”
- Waray (Philippines): “Fukui”
- Welsh: “Fukui”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع فوکوئی”
- Wu Chinese: “福井县”
- Yue Chinese: “福井”
- Yue Chinese: “福井县”
- Yue Chinese: “福井縣”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Fukui”. Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0.