Editing Okayama Prefecture (section)

{{Short description|Prefecture of Japan}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Okayama Prefecture
| native_name             = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|岡山県}}}}
| settlement_type         = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| translit_lang1          = Japanese
| translit_lang1_type     = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| translit_lang1_info     = {{lang|ja|岡山県}}
| translit_lang1_type1    = [[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]
| translit_lang1_info1    = {{lang|ja-Latn|Okayama-ken}}
| image_skyline           = Christmas tree lighting (6471182605).jpg
| image_caption           = A street in [[Okayama City]], Okayama Prefecture at night
| image_flag              = Flag of Okayama Prefecture.svg
| flag_size               = 100px
| image_blank_emblem      = Emblem of Okayama Prefecture.svg
| blank_emblem_size       = 80px
| blank_emblem_type       = Symbol
| image_map               = Map of Japan with highlight on 33 Okayama prefecture.svg
| coordinates             = {{Wikidatacoord|Q132936|scale:500000|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Japan}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Chūgoku region|Chūgoku]] ([[San'yō region|Sanyō]])
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of islands of Japan|Island]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Honshu]]
| seat_type               = [[List of capitals in Japan|Capital]]
| seat                    = [[Okayama]]
| parts_type              = Subdivisions
| parts_style             = para
| p1                      = [[Districts of Japan|Districts]]: 10
| p2                      = [[Municipalities of Japan|Municipalities]]: 27
| leader_title            = [[List of prefectural governors in Japan|Governor]]
| leader_name             = [[Ryūta Ibaragi]]
| area_total_km2          = 7,114.50
| area_water_percent      = 0.3
| area_rank               = [[List of Japanese prefectures by area|17th]]
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_total        = 1,826,059
| population_as_of        = 1 February 2025
| population_rank         = [[List of Japanese prefectures by population|20st]]
| population_density_km2  = auto
| demographics_type2      = GDP 
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=2020年度国民経済計算（2015年基準・2008SNA） : 経済社会総合研究所 - 内閣府 |url=https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/data/data_list/kakuhou/files/2020/2020_kaku_top.html |access-date=18 May 2023 |website=内閣府ホームページ |language=ja |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924062316/https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/data/data_list/kakuhou/files/2020/2020_kaku_top.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| demographics2_title1    = Total
| demographics2_info1     = [[JP¥]] 7,842 billion<br />[[US$]] 71.9 billion (2019)
| iso_code                = JP-33
| anthem                  = [[:ja:岡山県の歌|Okayama-ken no uta]]
| website                 = {{URL|www.pref.okayama.jp}}
| module                  = {{Infobox place symbols
 |embedded = yes
 |country  = Japan
 |bird     = Lesser cuckoo (''[[Cuculus poliocephalus]]'')
 |fish     = 
 |flower   = [[Peach]]&nbsp;[[blossom]] (''Prunus&nbsp;persica'' var.&nbsp;''vulgaris'')
 |tree     = Red pine (''[[Pinus densiflora]]'')
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}}
{{nihongo|'''Okayama Prefecture'''|岡山県|Okayama-ken|{{IPA|ja|o.kaꜜ.ja.ma, o.ka.ja.maꜜ.keɴ}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} is a [[Prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chūgoku region]] of [[Honshu]].<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Okayama-ken" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 745|page=745}}; "Chūgoku" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 127|page=127}}.</ref> Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 [[Square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]] (2,746 [[sq mi]]). Okayama Prefecture borders [[Tottori Prefecture]] to the north, [[Hyōgo Prefecture]] to the east, and [[Hiroshima Prefecture]] to the west.

[[Okayama]] is the capital and largest city of Okayama Prefecture, with other major cities including [[Kurashiki]], [[Tsuyama]], and [[Sōja]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Okayama" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 745|page=745}}.</ref><ref name="enc">{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Japan |title=Okayama Prefecture |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |access-date=1 August 2012 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |oclc=56431036 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archive-date=25 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="nipponika">{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) |title=岡山（県） |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |access-date=15 August 2012 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=ja |trans-title=Okayama Prefecture |oclc=153301537 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archive-date=25 August 2007}}</ref> Okayama Prefecture's south is located on the [[Seto Inland Sea]] coast across from [[Kagawa Prefecture]] on the island of [[Shikoku]], which are connected by the [[Great Seto Bridge]], while the north is characterized by the [[Chūgoku Mountains]].