Gunma Prefecture
prefecture of Japan
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Summary
Gunma Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan[1]. It draws 7,000 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture of japan category, ranking #21 of 49).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Japan[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Head of government: Ichita Yamamoto[5]
- Capital: Maebashi[6]
- Shares border with: Saitama Prefecture[7], Nagano Prefecture[8], Niigata Prefecture[9], Fukushima Prefecture[10], Tochigi Prefecture[11]
- Anthem: Gunma-ken no Uta[12]
- Named after: Gunma district[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Maebashi[14], Takasaki[15], Kiryū[16], Isesaki[17], Ōta-shi[18], Numata[19], Tatebayashi[20], Shibukawa[21], Fujioka[22], Tomioka[23], Annaka[24], Midori[25], Kitagunma district[26], Tano district[27]
- Flag: flag of Gunma prefecture[28]
- Twinned administrative body: São Paulo[29]
- Legislative body: Gunma Prefectural Assembly[30]
- Executive body: Gunma prefectural government[31]
- Child organization or unit: Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences[32]
- Commons category: Gunma prefecture[33]
- Located in time zone: Japan Standard Time[34], UTC+09:00[35]
- Archives at: Gunma Prefectural Archives[36]
- Has part(s): Chūmō[37], Seimō[38], Hokumō[39], Tōmō[40]
- Inception: December 10, 1871[41]
- Highest point: Mount Nikkō-Shirane[42]
- Coordinate location: 36.39, 139.06[43]
- Located in/on physical feature: Kantō Plain[44]
- Mascot: Gunma‐chan[45]
- Public holiday: Gunma Citizens' Day[46]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: October 28[47]
- Official website: https://www.pref.gunma.jp/[48]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Gunma Prefecture include 3829 Gunma[49], an asteroid[50].
Why It Matters
Gunma Prefecture has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for it include 3829 Gunma[49], an asteroid[50].