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Ishikawa

Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of located in the of island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,096,721 and has a geographic area of 4,191 km2.
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is a city in Ishikawa prefecture, . The construction equipment company of the same name was founded here and remains a major employer. has developed into the second largest city of Ishikawa but at first glance has little to appeal to a casual tourist, unless you are a big fan of concrete.

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is a small town in , on the , north of . The morning market, which was one of the town's most famous attractions, was destroyed by fires in the 2024 Noto earthquake.

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The is a peninsula that projects north into the from the coast of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Honshū, the main island of .

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is a city located in southwestern Ishikawa Prefecture, . As of 1 March 2018, the city had an estimated population of 67,793 in 29054 households, and a population density of 290 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 305.87 square kilometres.

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is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, . As of 1 February 2018, the city had an estimated population of 22,052 in 8566 households, and a population density of 270 persons per km². The total area of the city was 81.85 square kilometres.

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is a city in Ishikawa. It is to the south of and boasts several traditional cultures which have developed since ancient times. It is facing a rapid increase in population, and the town is making efforts to improve the quality of life for its residents.

Ishikawa

Latitude of center
36.9891° or 36° 59′ 21″ north
Longitude of center
136.8163° or 136° 48′ 59″ east
Population
1,140,000
Elevation
121 metres (397 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1861387
Wiki­data ID
Q131281
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Ishikawa” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Prefektur Ishikawa”
  • Afrikaans: “Ishikawa Prefektuur”
  • Afrikaans: “Ishikawa-prefektuur”
  • Arabic: “إيشيكاوا”
  • Arabic: “محافظة إيشيكاوا”
  • Arabic: “محافظة ايشيكاوا”
  • Aragonese: “Prefectura d’Ishikawa”
  • Armenian: “Իսիկավա (պրեֆեկտուրա)”
  • Armenian: “Իսիկավա”
  • Asturian: “Ishikawa (prefeutura)”
  • Asturian: “Ishikawa (Xapón)”
  • Asturian: “Ishikawa”
  • Asturian: “prefeutura d’Ishikawa”
  • Azerbaijani: “İşikava prefekturası”
  • Balinese: “Préféktur Ishikawa”
  • Bashkir: “Исикава”
  • Basque: “Ishikawa”
  • Belarusian: “Ісікава”
  • Belarusian: “прэфектура Ісікава”
  • Bengali: “ইশিকাওয়া প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Ишикава”
  • Catalan: “prefectura d’Ishikawa”
  • Catalan: “Prefectura d’Ishikawa”
  • Cebuano: “Ishikawa-ken”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئیشیکاوا”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ئیشیکاوا”
  • Chechen: “Исикава (префектура)”
  • Chechen: “Исикава”
  • Chinese: “Isikawa-koān”
  • Chinese: “石川”
  • Chinese: “石川县”
  • Chinese: “石川縣”
  • Croatian: “Ishikawa”
  • Czech: “prefektura Išikawa”
  • Czech: “Prefektura Išikawa”
  • Danish: “Ishikawa-præfekturet”
  • Dutch: “Ishikawa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظه ايشيكاوا”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Iŝikaŭa”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Iŝikavo”
  • Esperanto: “Ishikawa prefektujo”
  • Esperanto: “Iŝikaŭa prefektujo”
  • Esperanto: “Iŝikaŭa-prefektujo”
  • Esperanto: “Iŝikaŭa”
  • Estonian: “Ishikawa prefektuur”
  • Finnish: “Ishikawa”
  • Finnish: “Ishikawan prefektuuri”
  • French: “Ishikawa”
  • French: “préfecture d’Ishikawa”
  • French: “Préfecture d’Ishikawa”
  • Galician: “Prefectura de Ishikawa”
  • Georgian: “ისიკავა”
  • Georgian: “ისიკავის პრეფექტურა”
  • German: “Ishikawa-ken”
  • German: “Ishikawa”
  • German: “JP-17”
  • German: “Präfektur Ishikawa”
  • Greek: “Ισικάβα”
  • Greek: “νομός Ισικάουα”
  • Gujarati: “ઇશિકાવા પ્રીફેકચર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Ishikawa-yen”
  • Hebrew: “אישיקווה”
  • Hindi: “इशिकावा प्रीफेक्चर”
  • Hungarian: “Isikava prefektúra”
  • Iloko: “Ishikawa”
  • Iloko: “Prepektura ti Ishikawa”
  • Inari Sami: “Ishikawa prefektuur”
  • Indonesian: “Ishikawa”
  • Indonesian: “Prefektur Ishikawa”
  • Irish: “Maoracht Ishikawa”
  • Italian: “prefettura di Ishikawa”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Ishikawa”
  • Japanese: “Ishikawa-ken”
  • Japanese: “いしかわけん”
  • Japanese: “石川”
  • Japanese: “石川県”
  • Kannada: “ಇಶಿಕಾವಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಇಶಿಕಾವಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Ishikabа”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Isikavа prefekturası”
  • Korean: “이시가와 현”
  • Korean: “이시까와 현”
  • Korean: “이시까와현”
  • Korean: “이시카와 현”
  • Korean: “이시카와현”
  • Latin: “Ishikawaensis”
  • Latvian: “Isikavas prefektūra”
  • Latvian: “Išikavas prefektūra”
  • Literary Chinese: “石川縣”
  • Lithuanian: “Ishikawa prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Išikava prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Išikava”
  • Lithuanian: “Išikavos prefektūra”
  • Macedonian: “Ишикава”
  • Malay: “Ishikawa”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Ishikawa”
  • Manipuri: “ꯏꯁꯤꯀꯥꯋꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ”
  • Marathi: “इशिकावा प्रांत”
  • Marathi: “इशिकावा”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ishikawa-gâing”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ishikawa-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ishikawa-kōan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Isikawa Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Isikawa-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Isikawa-kōan”
  • Nepali: “इसिकावा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ishikawa (Prefektüür)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ishikawa”
  • Northern Sami: “Ishikawa prefektuvra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ishikawa prefektur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ishikawa prefektur”
  • Norwegian: “Ishikawa”
  • Ossetian: “Исикавæ”
  • Pampanga: “Ishikawa Prefecture”
  • Pampanga: “Prepektura ning Ishikawa”
  • Persian: “استان ایشیکاوا”
  • Polish: “Prefektura Ishikawa”
  • Portuguese: “Ishikawa”
  • Romanian: “Ishikawa”
  • Romanian: “Prefectura Ishikawa”
  • Russian: “Исикава”
  • Russian: “Ишикава”
  • Scots: “Ishikawa Prefectur”
  • Serbian: “Prefektura Išikava”
  • Serbian: “Ишикава”
  • Serbian: “Префектура Ишикава”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ishikawa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Išikava”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Ishikawa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Išikava”
  • Sinhala: “ඉෂිකාවා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Išikawa”
  • Slovenian: “Prefektura Ishikawa”
  • Slovenian: “Prefektura Išikava”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایشیکاوا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Ishikawa Japon”
  • Spanish: “Ishikawa Japón”
  • Spanish: “Ishikawa”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Ishikawa”
  • Sundanese: “Ishikawa Prefecture”
  • Sundanese: “Préféktur Ishikawa”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Ishikawa”
  • Swedish: “Ishikawa prefektur”
  • Swedish: “Ishikawa”
  • Tagalog: “Ishikawa Prefecture”
  • Tagalog: “Prepektura ng Ishikawa”
  • Tagalog: “Prepekturang Ishikawa”
  • Tagalog: “Prepekturang Isyikawa”
  • Tajik: “Prefekturai Isikava”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Исикава”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Ишикава”
  • Tamil: “இஷிகாவா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே”
  • Tatar: “Исикава (префектура)”
  • Tatar: “Исикава”
  • Telugu: “ఇషికావా ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดอิชิกาวะ”
  • Turkish: “Ishikawa prefektörlüğü”
  • Turkish: “Ishikawa”
  • Ukrainian: “Ісікава”
  • Ukrainian: “Ішикава”
  • Ukrainian: “Префектура Ісікава”
  • Ukrainian: “Префектура Ішікава”
  • Urdu: “اشیکاوا پریفیکچر”
  • Vietnamese: “Ishikawa”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Xuyên Huyện”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Ishikawa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ishikawa Prefecture”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ishikawa”
  • Welsh: “Ishikawa”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع اشیکاوا”
  • Wu Chinese: “石川县”
  • Yue Chinese: “石川”
  • Yue Chinese: “石川县”
  • Yue Chinese: “石川縣”

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