Shikoku

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Shikoku

Native name: 四国
The island of Shikoku, Japan
Geography
Location	Japan
Archipelago	Japanese archipelago
Area	18,801.73 km2 (7,259.39 sq mi)
Area rank	50th
Length	225 km (139.8 mi)
Width	50–150 km (31–93 mi)
Highest elevation	1,982 m (6503 ft)
Highest point	Mount Ishizuchi
Administration
Japan
Prefectures	Ehime  Kagawa  Kōchi  Tokushima
Largest settlement	Matsuyama (pop. 507,137 (as of 1 May 2022))
Demographics
Population	3,630,320 (1 May 2022)
Pop. density	193/km2 (500/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Japanese
Additional information
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Shikoku (四国, Shikoku, lit. 'four provinces'), Japanese pronunciation: [ɕikokɯ] is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is 225 km or 139.8 mi long and between 50 and 150 km or 31.1 and 93.2 mi at its widest. It has a population of 3.8 million (as of 2015^[update], 3.1%), the least populated out of Japan's four main islands. It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu.^[1] Shikoku's ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima (伊予之二名島), Iyo-shima (伊予島), and Futana-shima (二名島), and its current name refers to the four former provinces that make up the island: Awa, Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo.^[2]