Gunma



         


See Gunma (disambiguation) for other places whose name is Gunma in Japan.
Gunma prefecture (群馬県)


Gunma prefectural symbol

CapitalMaebashi
Region:Kanto
Island:Honshu
Area

 - Total
 - % water

Ranked 21st

6,363.16 km²
0.2%

Population

 - Total (2000)
 - Density

Ranked 19th

2,024,820
318/km²

Districts:12
Municipalities:70
ISO 3166-2:JP-10
Symbols
Pref. Flower:Japanese azalea
(Rhododendron
japonicum)
Pref. Tree:Japanese black pine
(Pinus thunbergii)
Pref. Bird:Copper pheasant
(Phasianus
soemmerringii)

Gunma prefecture (or Gumma) (群馬県; Gunma-ken) is located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is Maebashi.

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The prefectural symbol consists of the first kanji of the word 'Gunma' surrounded by three stylized mountains symbolizing the three important mountains of Gunma prefecture: Mt. Haruna, Mt. Akagi, and Prefectures of Japan | width="1%" | |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="3" | Aichi | Akita | Aomori | Chiba | Ehime | Fukui | Fukuoka | Fukushima | Gifu | Gunma | Hiroshima | Hokkaido | Hyogo | Ibaraki | Ishikawa | Iwate | Kagawa | Kagoshima | Kanagawa | Kochi | Kumamoto | Kyoto | Mie | Miyagi | Miyazaki | Nagano | Nagasaki | Nara | Niigata | Oita | Okayama | Okinawa | Osaka | Saga | Saitama | Shiga | Shimane | Shizuoka | Tochigi | Tokushima | Tokyo | Tottori | Toyama | Wakayama | Yamagata | Yamaguchi | Yamanashi |}






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