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Gunma

Gunma-ken  群馬県

Gunma (群馬県) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu, famous for its many high quality hot springs and beautiful mountains. Maebashi is the capital and Takasaki is the largest city in Gunma Prefecture. And it is one of eight landlocked provinces.
 
Gunma has a population of 1,969,459, including about 60,036 foreign nationals, approximately 12,637 Brazilians, 4,623 Peruvians, 159 Argentines, 511 Americans, 7,969 Chinese, 2,485 Koreans, 9,836 Vietnam, 7,790 Philippines, 2,888 Nepal, 2,014 Indonesia, 1,160 Thailand, 1,062 Pakistan, 930 Sri Lanka, 788 India, 538 Bolivians, and others (Prefecture data).

Formerly, Gunma and Tochigi was known as Kenu Province. It was later divided into Gunma-ken and Tochigi-ken. For most of Japanese history, Gunma was known as Kozuke Prefecture.

As of April 2012, 14% of the province’s total area has been designated as Natural Parks. The biggest mountains in Gunma are Mounts Akagi, Haruna, Myogi, Nikko-Shirane and Asama, which borders Nagano. The first three are known as the Three Mountains of Jomo, and the largest rivers are the Tone, Agatsuma and Karasu.

Cities

Annaka, Fujioka, Isesaki, Kiryu, Maebashi (capital), Midori, Numata, Ota, Shibukawa, Takasaki, Tatebayashi, Tomioka.

Districts

Chiyoda, Higashiagatsuma, Itakura, Kanna, Kanra, Katashina, Kawaba, Kusatsu, Meiwa, Minakami, Naganohara, Nakanojo, Nanmoku, Oizumi, Ora, Shimonita, Shinto, Showa, Takayama, Tamamura, Tsumagoi, Ueno, Yoshioka.