Editing Tokushima Prefecture (section)

== Geography ==
[[Image:Map of Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|thumb|250px|Map of Tokushima Prefecture.<br />{{legend0|#EAB|City}} {{legend0|#ED9|Town}} {{legend0|#BFE|Village}}]]

{{Expand section|date=June 2008}}

The [[Sanuki Mountains]] run along the northern border of the prefecture.

As of April 1, 2012, 9% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as [[List of national parks of Japan#History|Natural Parks]], namely the [[Setonaikai National Park]]; [[Muroto-Anan Kaigan Quasi-National Park|Muroto-Anan Kaigan]] and [[Tsurugisan Quasi-National Park|Tsurugisan]] Quasi-National Parks; and [[Chūbu Sankei Prefectural Natural Park|Chūbu Sankei]], [[Dochū-Kōtsu Prefectural Natural Park|Dochū-Kōtsu]], [[Hashikura Prefectural Natural Park|Hashikura]], [[Higashi Sankei Prefectural Natural Park|Higashi Sankei]], [[Okumiyagawa-Uchidani Prefectural Natural Park|Okumiyagawa-Uchidani]], and [[Ōasayama Prefectural Natural Park|Ōasayama]] Prefectural Natural Parks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf |title=General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture |publisher=[[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)|Ministry of the Environment]] |access-date=26 June 2012}}</ref>

===Cities===
{{See also|List of cities in Tokushima Prefecture by population}}
Eight cities are located in Tokushima Prefecture:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan="2" |Population
! rowspan="2" |Map
|-
![[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]
![[Kanji]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Anan, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Anan, Tokushima|Anan]]
|阿南市
|279.25
|70,405
|[[File:Anan in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Awa, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Awa, Tokushima|Awa]]
|阿波市
|191.11
|35,294
|[[File:Awa in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Komatsushima, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Komatsushima, Tokushima|Komatsushima]]
|小松島市
|45.37
|36,817
|[[File:Komatsushima in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Mima, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Mima, Tokushima|Mima]]
|美馬市
|367.14
|28,689
|[[File:Mima in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Miyoshi, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Miyoshi, Tokushima|Miyoshi]]
|三好市
|721.42
|24,368
|[[File:Miyoshi in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Naruto, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Naruto, Tokushima|Naruto]]
|鳴門市
|135.66
|56,222
|[[File:Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Tokushima, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Tokushima (city)|Tokushima]] (capital)
|徳島市
|191
|258,554
|[[File:Tokushima in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Yoshinogawa, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Yoshinogawa, Tokushima|Yoshinogawa]]
|吉野川市
|144.14
|39,405
|[[File:Yoshinogawa in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|}

===Towns and villages===
These are the towns and villages in each [[Districts of Japan|district]]:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan="2" |Population
! rowspan="2" |District
! rowspan="2" |Type
! rowspan="2" |Map
|-
![[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]
![[Kanji]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Aizumi, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Aizumi, Tokushima|Aizumi]]
|藍住町
|16.27
|35,054
|[[Itano District, Tokushima|Itano District]]
|Town
|[[File:Aizumi in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Higashimiyoshi, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Higashimiyoshi]]
|東みよし町
|122.48
|14,025
|[[Miyoshi District, Tokushima|Miyoshi District]]
|Town
|[[File:Higashimiyoshi in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Ishii, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Ishii, Tokushima|Ishii]]
|石井町
|28.85
|25,062
|[[Myōzai District, Tokushima|Myōzai District]]
|Town
|[[File:Ishii in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Itano, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Itano, Tokushima|Itano]]
|板野町
|36.22
|13,183
|[[Itano District, Tokushima|Itano District]]
|Town
|[[File:Itano in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Kaiyo, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Kaiyō, Tokushima|Kaiyō]]
|海陽町
|327.65
|8,578
|[[Kaifu District, Tokushima|Kaifu District]]
|Town
|[[File:Kaiyo in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Kamiita, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Kamiita, Tokushima|Kamiita]]
|上板町
|34.58
|11,562
|[[Itano District, Tokushima|Itano District]]
|Town
|[[File:Kamiita in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Kamikatsu, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Kamikatsu, Tokushima|Kamikatsu]]
|上勝町
|109.63
|1,344
|[[Katsuura District, Tokushima|Katsuura District]]
|Town
|[[File:Kamikatsu in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Kamiyama, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Kamiyama, Tokushima|Kamiyama]]
|神山町
|173.3
|4,724
|[[Myōzai District, Tokushima|Myōzai District]]
|Town
|[[File:Kamiyama in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Katsuura, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Katsuura, Tokushima|Katsuura]]
|勝浦町
|69.83
|5,131
|[[Katsuura District, Tokushima|Katsuura District]]
|Town
|[[File:Katsuura in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Kitajima, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Kitajima, Tokushima|Kitajima]]
|北島町
|8.74
|22,645
|[[Itano District, Tokushima|Itano District]]
|Town
|[[File:Kitajima in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Matsushige, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Matsushige, Tokushima|Matsushige]]
|松茂町
|14.24
|14,819
|[[Itano District, Tokushima|Itano District]]
|Town
|[[File:Matsushige in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Minami, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Minami, Tokushima|Minami]]
|美波町
|140.8
|6,433
|[[Kaifu District, Tokushima|Kaifu District]]
|Town
|[[File:Minami in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Mugi, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Mugi, Tokushima|Mugi]]
|牟岐町
|56.62 
|3,852
|[[Kaifu District, Tokushima|Kaifu District]]
|Town
|[[File:Mugi in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Naka, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Naka, Tokushima|Naka]]
|那賀町
|694.98
|7,549
|[[Naka District, Tokushima|Naka District]]
|Town
|[[File:Naka in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Sanagochi, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Sanagōchi, Tokushima|Sanagōchi]]
|佐那河内村
|42.28
|2,106
|[[Myōdō District, Tokushima|Myōdō District]]
|Village
|[[File:Sanagochi in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Tsurugi, Tokushima.svg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Tsurugi, Tokushima|Tsurugi]]
|つるぎ町
|194.84
|7,877
|[[Mima District, Tokushima|Mima District]]
|Town
|[[File:Tsurugi in Tokushima Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|}

===Mergers===
{{main|List of mergers in Tokushima Prefecture}}