Back منطقة كانساي Arabic Rexón de Kansai AST Kansay regionu Azerbaijani کانسای بؤلگهسی AZB Wawengkon Kansai BAN Кансай Byelorussian কান্সাই অঞ্চল Bengali/Bangla Kansai Catalan ناوچەی کانسای CKB Kansai Czech
Kansai region
関西地方 | |
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 The Kansai region in Japan | |
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 Kansai region with prefectures | |
| Country | Japan |
| Area | |
• Total | 33,124.82 km2 (12,789.56 sq mi) |
| Population (1 October 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 22,757,897 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Japanese |
| Gross Regional Product | |
| • Total | JP￥88.722 trillion US$814 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (JST) |
The Kansai region (関西地方, Kansai-chihō, [ka(ꜜ)ɰ̃sai tɕiꜜhoː] ⓘ) or the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihō, IPA: [ki(ꜜ)ŋki̥ tɕiꜜhoː]) lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū.[3] The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolitan region of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto (Keihanshin region) is the second-most populated in Japan after the Greater Tokyo Area.
- ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Statistics Bureau (26 October 2011). "平成 22 年国勢調査の概要" (PDF). Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "県民経済計算（平成23年度 - 令和２年度）（2008SNA、平成27年基準計数）＜47都道府県、4政令指定都市分＞".
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kansai" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 477, p. 477, at Google Books.