Shiga
Shiga Prefecture is an inland prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of 4,017 km2.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Otsu and Lake Biwa.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Kusatsu and Nagahama.
Mount Hiei
Mount Hiei is a mountain that lies to the northeast of Kyoto in the Sakamoto district of Otsu city.
Shiga
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Latitude of center
35.2472° or 35° 14′ 50″ north
Longitude of center
136.1094° or 136° 6′ 34″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = province
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Shiga” goes by many names.
Prefektur ShigaAchinese
Shiga PrefektuurAfrikaans
ሺጋAmharic
شيغاArabic
محافظة شيغاArabic
Prefectura de ShigaAragonese
ՍիգաArmenian
Սիգա (պրեֆեկտուրա)Armenian
prefeutura de ShigaAsturian
ShigaAsturian
Shiga (prefeutura)Asturian
Shiga (Xapón)Asturian
ŞiqaAzerbaijani
Şiqa prefekturasıAzerbaijani
Préféktur ShigaBalinese
СигаBashkir
ShigaBasque
прэфектура СігаBelarusian
СігаBelarusian
শিগা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চলBengali
Prefedelezh ShigaBreton
ShigaBreton
ШигаBulgarian
ရှိဂခရိုင်Burmese
ရှိဂါ့စီရင်စုBurmese
Prefectura de ShigaCatalan
Shiga-kenCebuano
پارێزگای شیگاCentral Kurdish
شیگاCentral Kurdish
СигаChechen
Сига (префектура)Chechen
滋賀Chinese
滋賀縣Chinese
滋贺县Chinese
ShigaCroatian
Prefektura ŠigaCzech
Shiga-præfekturetDanish
ShigaDutch
Gubernio ŜigaEsperanto
prefektejo ŜigaEsperanto
prefektujo ŜigaEsperanto
ŜigaEsperanto
Shiga prefektuurEstonian
ShigaFinnish
Shigan prefektuuriFinnish
Prefectura de ShigaGalician
სიგის პრეფექტურაGeorgian
ΣίγκαGreek
શિગા પ્રીફેકચરGujarati
Shiga-yenHakka Chinese
Tsṳ̂-fo-yenHakka Chinese
ShigaHausa
שיגהHebrew
शिगा प्रीफेक्चरHindi
Siga prefektúraHungarian
Prepektura ti ShigaIloko
ShigaIloko
Prefektur ShigaIndonesian
Maoracht ShigaIrish
Prefettura di ShigaItalian
ShigaItalian
Shiga-kenJapanese
しがJapanese
シガJapanese
しがけんJapanese
シガケンJapanese
湖国Japanese
滋賀Japanese
滋賀県Japanese
Préfèktur ShigaJavanese
ಶಿಗಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್Kannada
ШигаKazakh
ШигаKirghiz
시가 현Korean
ShigaënsisLatin
SigaLatin
Šigas prefektūraLatvian
滋賀縣Literary Chinese
Shiga prefektūraLithuanian
ŠigaLithuanian
Šiga prefektūraLithuanian
Šigos prefektūraLithuanian
ШигаMacedonian
ShigaMalay
Wilayah ShigaMalay
ꯁꯤꯒꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢManipuri
शिगाMarathi
शिगा प्रांतMarathi
محافظة شيگاMesopotamian Arabic
Shiga-gâingMin Dong Chinese
Shiga-koānMin Nan Chinese
Siga-koānMin Nan Chinese
ШигаMongolian
Шига мужMongolian
सिगाNepali
ShigaNorthern Frisian
Shiga (Prefektüür)Northern Frisian
Shiga prefektuvraNorthern Sami
ShigaNorwegian
Shiga prefekturNorwegian Bokmål
Shiga prefekturNorwegian Nynorsk
ShigaOromo
СигæOssetian
ਸ਼ਿਗਾPanjabi
استان شیگاPersian
Prefektura ShigaPolish
ShigaPolish
شيګاPushto
Prefectura ShigaRomanian
ShigaRomanian
СигаRussian
ШигаRussian
Shiga PrefecturScots
Prefektura ŠigaSerbian
Префектура ШигаSerbian
ШигаSerbian
Prefektura ShigaSerbo-Croatian
Prefektura ŠigaSerbo-Croatian
ShigaSerbo-Croatian
ŠigaSerbo-Croatian
ශිගා ප්රාන්තයSinhala
ෂිගා ප්රාන්තයSinhala
ŠigaSlovak
Prefektura ŠigaSlovenian
ShigaSomali
شیقا اوستانیSouth Azerbaijani
Préféktur ShigaSundanese
Shiga PrefectureSundanese
Mkoa wa ShigaSwahili
ShigaSwedish
Shiga prefekturSwedish
Prefecture of ShigaTagalog
Prepektura ng ShigaTagalog
Prepektura ng SyigaTagalog
Shiga PrefectureTagalog
Prefekturai SigaTajik
Префектураи СигаTajik
Устони ШигаTajik
ஷிகா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறேTamil
СигаTatar
Сига (префектура)Tatar
షిగా ప్రిఫెక్చర్Telugu
จังหวัดชิงะThai
ShigaTurkish
Shiga prefektörlüğüTurkish
Префектура СігаUkrainian
Префектура СіґаUkrainian
Префектура ШіґаUkrainian
СіґаUkrainian
شیگا پریفیکچرUrdu
ShigaUzbek
ShigaVietnamese
Tỉnh ShigaVietnamese
Tư Hạ HuyệnVietnamese
ShigaWaray (Philippines)
Shiga PrefectureWaray (Philippines)
ShigaWelsh
ضلع شیگاWestern Panjabi
滋贺县Wu Chinese
滋賀Yue Chinese
滋賀縣Yue Chinese
滋贺县Yue Chinese
ma Sika
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”
