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Tokyo
Tokyo Metropolis
Japanese:
東京都
Tōkyō-to
Capital
n/a
Region
Kantō
Island
Honshū
Governor
Shintaro Ishihara
Area (rank )
2,187.08 km² (45th) -
% water
1.0%
Population
 
(October 1,2007)
-
Population
12,790,000(8,652,700 inspecial wards) (1st)-
Density
5796 /km²
Districts
1
Municipalities
62
ISO 3166-2
JP-13
Website
metro.tokyo.jp
(English)
Prefectural Symbols
-
Flower
Somei-Yoshinocherry blossom-
Tree
Ginkgo tree(
Ginkgo biloba
)-
Bird
Black-headed Gull (
 Larus ridibundus
)
 
Adopted in June 1989, Tokyo's official symbol has threearcs forming the letter 
T
for Tokyo in the shape of avivid greenginkgoleaf. It symbolizes Tokyo's futuregrowth, prosperity, charm, and tranquility.
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Tokyo
(
東京
 
Tōkyō
?
), formally
Tokyo Metropolis
(
東京都
 
Tōkyō-to
?
), is one of the 47 prefecturesof Japan. Located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū, Tokyo is unique among the prefectures, providing certain municipal services characteristic of acity, as defined byJapanese law.
[1]
Because it is the seat of theJapanese governmentand the Imperial Palace, and the home of theJapanese Imperial Family, Tokyo is thede facto capital of Japan.
[2]
The nameTokyo literally means
eastern capital 
.The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, although each administratively a city in its own right, constitute the area informally considered as the "city of Tokyo" and arecollectively one of the largest cities in the world with a total population of over 8million people.
[3]
The total population of the prefecture exceeds 12 million.TheGreater Tokyo Area,
[4]
centered on Tokyo but also including Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama, is the most populous metropolitan area in the worldwith a population of over  35 million people.
[5]
It has been the world's most populous urban area since between1965 and 1970, and despite Japan's overall declining population, is still growing.
[
citationneeded 
 
]
Tokyo has the largest metropolitangross domestic productin the world for a city.
[
citationneeded 
 
]
Tokyo is a major global cityandmegacity.The name "Tokyo" refers variously to Tokyo Metropolis (the prefecture) as a whole, or only to the main urban mass under its jurisdiction (thus excluding west Tama and Izu and Ogasawara Islands), or even thewhole of Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of  Kanagawa,Saitama, Chiba,Gunma,Tochigi, Ibaraki, andYamanashiprefectures, depending on context. This article uses the name to refer to Tokyo Metropolis unless otherwise stated.
Contents
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1 Name
•
2 History
 
•
3 Geography and administrative divisions
o
3.1 The twenty-three special wards
o
3.2 Western Tokyo
3.2.1 Cities
3.2.2 Districts, towns and villages
o
3.3 Islands
o
3.4 National Parks
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4 Cityscape
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5 Climate and seismology
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6 Environment
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6.1 Global warming
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7 Economy
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8 Demographics
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9 Transportation
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10 Education
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11 Culture and sports
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12 Tokyo in popular media
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13 Sister relationships
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14 See also
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15 References
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16 External links
[edit] Name
Tokyo was originally known as Edo, meaning estuary.
[6]
 Its name was changed to Tokyo(
Tōkyō
:
tō
(east) +
kyō
(capital)) when it became the de facto imperial capital in 1868.
[6]
During the early Meiji period, the city was also called "Tōkei", an alternative pronunciation for the same Chinese characters representing "Tokyo". Some survivingofficial English documents use the spelling "Tokei".
[7]
This pronunciation is nowobsolete.
[edit] History
Main article: History of Tokyo
Tokugawa Ieyasu
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