Back Wilayah kusuh Tokyô ACE أحياء طوكيو الخاصة Arabic Tokionun xüsusi rayonları Azerbaijani Districtes especials de Tòquio Catalan Tokyos specielle bydistrikter Danish Bezirke Tokios German Special wards of Tokyo English Tokiaj specialaj kvartaloj Esperanto Barrios especiales de Tokio Spanish Tokioko auzo bereziak Basque
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Special wards of Tokyo 東京特別区 | |
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| Coordinates: 35°41′00″N 139°46′00″E / 35.6833°N 139.7667°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Island | Honshū |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Area | |
| • 23 special wards | 622 km2 (240.1 sq mi) |
| Population (January 1, 2009) | |
| • 23 special wards | 8,742,995 |
| • Density | 14,061/km2 (36,418/sq mi) |
Special wards of Tokyo (特別区, tokubetsu-ku) are one of the basic local entities of Japan.[1] There are 23 municipalities in the core of the capital of Japan.[2] They are "special wards" because they are different from the wards (区, ku) of other major Japanese cities.[3]
- ↑ Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 1; retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ↑ Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-26.
- ↑ The special wards are not the same as the special cities of Japan.