A prefecture is a governmental administrative unit. Simply put, in the US you have states, in Canada you have provinces, in Japan they have prefectures. There are 47 (including some that Japanese insist are not prefectures because they don't use the word.) Prefecture in Japanese is Ken. Chiba-ken, for example, or Aomori-ken. There is also fu, as in Kyoto-fu and Osaka-fu. Plus to, as in Tokyo-to and Hokkaido. fu, to, ken are all administrative units.
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Kanagawa Prefecture's population is 9,029,996.
The population of Okayama Prefecture is 1,940,411.
Lesbos Prefecture was created in 1915.
Lesbos Prefecture's population is 110,220.
The population of Dabola Prefecture is 114,000.
Gaoual Prefecture's population is 158,000.
The population of Gifu Prefecture is 2,074,158.
Qamdo Prefecture's population is 657,505.
The population of Shigatse Prefecture is 703,292.
Labé Prefecture's population is 204,000.
Akita Prefecture's population is 1,106,050.
Shimane Prefecture's population is 712,336.