Special wards of Tokyo

Special wards of Tokyo 隴夲ｽｱ闔?ï½ｬ霑夲ｽｹ陋ｻï½･陋ｹï½ｺ
Coordinates: 35ï¾ゑｽｰ41遯ｶï½ｲ00遯ｶï½ｳN 139ï¾ゑｽｰ46遯ｶï½ｲ00遯ｶï½ｳEï»ｿ / ï»ｿ35.6833ï¾ゑｽｰN 139.7667ï¾ゑｽｰEï»ｿ / 35.6833; 139.7667
Country	Japan
Island	Honshï¾ ïｽｫ
Region	Kantï¾?/a>
Prefecture	Tokyo
Area
ﾂ?遯ｶï½｢ﾂ?23 special wards	622ﾂ?km2 (240.1ﾂ?sqﾂ?mi)
Population ﾂ?(January 1, 2009)
ﾂ?遯ｶï½｢ﾂ?23 special wards	8,742,995
ﾂ?遯ｶï½｢ﾂ?Density	14,061/km2 (36,418/sqﾂ?mi)

Special wards of Tokyo (霑夲ｽｹ陋ｻï½･陋ｹï½ｺ, 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 (陋ｹï½ｺ, ku) of other major Japanese cities.^[3]

In 1889, 15 wards were established in the city of Tokyo. The number of wards grew to 35 in 1932. The number of wards became 23 in 1947.

The traditional districts of Tokyo evolved as the city grew during the Edo period. There are many districts in Tokyo's special wards.

Name	Kanji	Population (2007)	Density (/kmï¾ゑｽｲ)	Area (kmï¾ゑｽｲ)	Major districts
Adachi[4]	髮懶ｽｳ驕ｶ蜿･邇	629,392	11,830.68	53.20	Ayase, Kitasenju, Takenotsuka
Arakawa[5]	髣戊ｲ橸ｽｷ譎冗私	194,777	18,262.25	10.20	Arakawa, Machiya, Nippori, Minamisenju
Bunkyï¾?/a>[6]	隴Â‡Ã､ï½ｺï½ｬ陋ｹï½ｺ	194,933	16,009.28	11.31	Hongï¾?/a>, Yayoi, Hakusan
Chiyoda[7]	陷環ε､ï½ｻï½｣騾包ｽｰ陋ｹï½ｺ	43,802	3,763.06	11.64	Nagatachï¾?/a>, Kasumigaseki, ï¾ è濠emachi, Marunouchi, Akihabara, Yï¾ ïｽｫrakuchï¾?/a>, Iidabashi
Chï¾ ïｽｫï¾?/a>[8]	闕ｳï½ｭ陞滂ｽｮ陋ｹï½ｺ	104,997	10,344.53	10.15	Nihonbashi, Kayabachï¾?/a>, Ginza, Tsukiji, Hatchï¾ ç抜ori, Shinkawa, Tsukishima, Kachidoki, Tsukuda,
Edogawa[9]	雎取ｻ楢匳陝ｾ譎冗私	661,386	13,264.86	49.86	Kasai, Koiwa
Itabashi[10]	隴夲ｽｿ隶門唱邇	529,059	16,445.72	32.17	Itabashi, Takashimadaira
Katsushika[11]	髣｡蟷ƒïｽ｣ï½ｾ陋ｹï½ｺ	428,066	12,286.62	34.84	Tateishi, Aoto
Kita[12]	陋ｹ諤懃私	330,646	15,885.67	20.59	Akabane, ï¾ æ｡Ｊ, Tabata
Kï¾ è｡｡ï¾?/a>[13]	雎取ｻ捺憧陋ｹï½ｺ	436,337	10,963.24	39.8	Kiba, Ariake, Kameido, Tï¾ é µï¾ ç嚊hï¾?/a>, Monzennakachï¾?/a>, Fukagawa, Kiyosumi, Shirakawa, Etchï¾ ïｽｫjima, Sunamachi, Aomi
Meguro[14]	騾ｶï½ｮ魄溯ｲ樒私	267,798	18,217.55	14.70	Meguro, Nakameguro, Jiyugaoka
Minato[15]	雋ゑｽｯ陋ｹï½ｺ	205,196	10,088.30	20.34	Odaiba, Shinbashi, Shinagawa, Roppongi, Toranomon, Aoyama, Azabu, Hamamatsuchï¾?/a>, Tamachi
Nakano[16]	闕ｳï½ｭ鬩･荳ｻ邇	312,939	20,097.82	15.59	Nakano
Nerima[17]	驍ｱï½ｴ鬯･ï½ｬ陋ｹï½ｺ	702,202	14,580.61	48.16	Nerima, ï¾ æ勹zumi, Hikarigaoka
Otaï¾ è濠a[18]	陞滂ｽｧ騾包ｽｰ陋ｹï½ｺ	674,590	11,345.27	59.46	ï¾ çｨｽori, Kamata, Haneda, Den-en-chï¾ çｳ?u
Setagaya[19]	闕ｳ荵滉ｼ宣垰ï½ｷ陋ｹï½ｺ	855,416	14,728.23	58.08	Setagaya, Kitazawa, Kinuta, Karasuyama, Tamagawa
Shibuya[20]	雋ら事ï½ｰï½ｷ陋ｹï½ｺ	205,512	13,337.13	15.11	Shibuya, Ebisu, Harajuku, Hiroo, Sendagaya, Yoyogi
Shinagawa[21]	陷ｩ竏晢ｽｷ譎冗私	353,887	15,576.01	22.72	Shinagawa, Gotanda, ï¾ è月aki, Hatanodai, ï¾ æ勹machi
Shinjuku[22]	隴ïｽｰ陞ｳï½ｿ陋ｹï½ｺ	309,463	16,975.48	18.23	Shinjuku, Takadanobaba, ï¾ æｸ砥bo, Kagurazaka, Ichigaya
Suginami[23]	隴壽ˆ‘ï½ｸï½ｦ陋ｹï½ｺ	534,981	15,725.49	34.02	Kï¾ çｨｿnji, Asagaya, Ogikubo
Sumida[24]	陟 ïｽｨ騾包ｽｰ陋ｹï½ｺ	237,433	16,079.49	13.75	Kinshichï¾?/a>, Morishita, Ryï¾ çｴ oku
Taitï¾?/a>[25]	陷ｿï½ｰ隴夲ｽｱ陋ｹï½ｺ	168,277	16,139.38	10.08	Ueno, Asakusa
Toshima[26]	髮朱宦ï½ｳï½ｶ陋ｹï½ｺ	256,009	19,428.44	13.01	Ikebukuro, Komagome, Senkawa, Sugamo
Overall		8,637,098	13,890.25	621.81

• Capital of Japan
• Administrative division
• Urban area
• Municipalities of Japan
• Wards of Japan

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wards in Tokyo.

• Tokyo Metropolitan Government, http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/PROFILE/overview06.htm Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Council of Local Authorities for International Relations, Local Government in Japan Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
• "The Large City System of Japan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-17.ﾂ?; graphic shows special wards of Tokyo compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1