Chūkyō Metropolitan Area

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Chūkyō (中京圏) is the name of a major metropolitan area in Japan that is centered on the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture. The metropolitan area lies in the Chūkyō region. (Note: In Japanese, both articles are a single article). The metropolitan area has a population (as of 2000) of 8,739,000 over an area of 6,380 square kilometers[1]. It is among the top 50 most populated metropolitan areas in the world. It is also Japan's third most populated metropolitan area after the Greater Tokyo Area and Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, containing roughly 7% of Japan's population.

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[edit] Prefectures

[edit] Cities

In addition to the central city of Nagoya, the census metropolitan area includes the following cities:

Western Aichi:

Central Aichi:

Southern Gifu:

Northern Mie:

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Major Airports

[edit] Major Railways

[edit] Major Intercity Highways

[edit] Notes

The area defined by the Chukyo Area Person-Trip Survey, a study of commuter movement, is slightly different from the census definition. It includes southern Aichi and areas immediately north of Gifu City. It adds the following cities:

but excludes the following areas in southeastern Gifu:

[edit] See also

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