Greater Tokyo Area
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The Greater Tokyo Area is a lairge metropolitan area in Kantō region, Japan (includin Tokyo Metropolis an the prefecturs o Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi an Gunma) as well as the prefectur o Yamanashi o the neehbourin Chūbu region. In Japanese, it is referred tae bi various terms, includin the Tokyo Area (東京圏, Tōkyō-ken), Naitional Caipital Region (首都圏, Shuto-ken), Ane Metropolis, Three Prefecturs (一都三県, Itto Sanken), an ithers.
Greater Tokyo Area | |
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Frae top: Skyscrapers in Shinjuku, an Surroondin o Ginza | |
Coordinates: 35°41′23″N 139°41′30″E | |
Kintra | Japan
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Major Ceeties | Tokyo Metropolis (Includit 23 special wairds) Yokohama Kawasaki Sagamihara Saitama Chiba |
Area | |
• Urban | 3,925 km2 (1,515 sq mi) |
• Metro | 13,754 km2 (5,310 sq mi) |
Population (Population Census o Japan 2000)[1] | |
• Urban | 32,542,946 |
• Urban density | 8,817/km2 (21,480/sq mi) |
• Metro | 34,607,069 |
• Metro density | 2,516/km2 (6,516/sq mi) |
GDP | 2008 estimate |
Nominal[2] | $1.941 trillion (¥165.01 trillion, The One Metropolis and Three Prefectures) |
PPP | $1.479 trillion[3] (1st) |
A 2016 Unitit Naitions estimate puts the tot population at 38,140,000[4] makkin it the warld's maist populous metropolitan area. It kivers an area o thareby 13,500 km² (5,200 mi²),[5] givin it a population density o 2,642 person/km² - whilk is some mair nor twice the population density o Bangladesh. It is the seicont lairgest single metropolitan area in the warld in terms o biggit-up or urban function landmass at 7,800 km² (3,000 mi²).[6] Anerlie the New York metropolitan area, at 17,405 km², is lairger.
This area haes the lairgest metropolitan economy in the warld. Ane Metropolis, Three Prefecturs, ane o the definitions o the Greater Tokyo Area, haed a tot GDP (nominal) o approximately US$1.9 trillion (165 trillion Yen[2]) in 2008. Accordin tae research published bi PricewaterhouseCoopers, the agglomeration o Tokyo haed a tot GDP o US$1.479 trillion in 2008 (at purchasin pouer parity), rankin again as the lairgest urban agglomeration GDP in the warld.[3]