Geography of Japan the population lives on Honshu, 10% on Kyushu, 4.2% on Hokkaido, 3% on Shikoku, 1.1% in Okinawa Prefecture and 0.7% on other Japanese islands such as the Nanpō Islands. Nearly 1 in 3 Japanese people live in the Greater Tokyo Area. is the largest island of Japan. It has a population of 104,000,000 with a population density of (2010) . Honshu is roughly long and ranges from wide, and its total area is . This makes it slightly larger than the island of Great Britain . The Greater Tokyo Area on Honshu is the biggest metropolitan area (megacity) in the
Phetchabun Province and 1261 villages ("muban"). The word "phetcha" originates from the Sanskrit word "vajra" meaning "diamond" (or weapon of Indra), and the word "bun" from Sanskrit "purna" meaning "full", "perfect" or "whole". Hence the name of the province literally means "perfect diamond". Initially, the province was called "Phe-cha-buth" as "Phuenchapura", which means the city that has plenty of crops. The reason is that the province is very fertile and has ample resources. Because of the fertility of the land, Phetchabun has always been agriculturally productive area. Phetchabun was established by two kingdoms: the Sukhothai Kingdom, and the Ayutthaya Period of the