Tokyo Metropolis

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Tokyo 東京都
Prefecture
Japanese transcription(s)
• Romaji	Tōkyō-to
Flag Symbol
Location of Tokyo in Japan
Coordinates: 35°41′22″N 139°41′30″E / 35.68944°N 139.69167°E / 35.68944; 139.69167
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Island	Honshū
Capital	n/a
Government
• Governor	Yuriko Koike
Area
• Total	2,187.08 km2 (844.44 sq mi)
• Rank	45th
Population  (January 1, 2009)
• Total	12,790,000[1]
• Rank	1st
ISO 3166 code	JP-13
Prefectural flower	Somei-Yoshino cherry blossom
Prefectural tree	Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Prefectural bird	Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Number of districts	1
Number of municipalities	62
Website	metro.tokyo.jp(in English)

Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to) is the official name for of the traditional city of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi) (1869-1943) and the associated municipalities of what was formerly Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu) (1869-1943).^[2] It is the capital city and a prefecture of Japan on the island of Honshu.

Greater Tokyo includes land in the Kantō region and also the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.^[3] Ten percent (10%) of the Japanese people live in Tokyo, and as many as twenty percent (20%) of the population live around it. As of 2007, the population was 12,790,000. Tokyo is in a part of Japan called the Kantō Plain. Two big rivers run through Tokyo. One is the Arakawa River which runs from the north to the south, and flows into Tokyo Bay. The other is the Tama River which runs from the west to the east. The Tama River is a border between Tokyo and its neighbor city, Kawasaki.

1. ↑ (8,653,000 in special wards)
2. ↑ Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 東京都年表 (in Japanese); retrieved 2013-4-13.
3. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkyō" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 981-982; "Kantō" atp. 479.