Chūkyō Metropolitan Aurie
Chūkyō Metropolitan Aurie
中京圏 | |
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 Nagoya | |
| Kintra |  Japan
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| Lairgest Ceety | Nagoya |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 6,380 km2 (2,463 sq mi) |
| Population (Population Census o Japan 2000)[1] | |
| • Metro | 8,739,000 |
| • Metro density | 1,370/km2 (3,548/sq mi) |
Chūkyō (中京圏 Chūkyō-ken), whiles cried the Chūkyō region (中京地方 Chūkyō-chihō), is the name o a major metropolitan aurie in Japan that is centred on the ceety o Nagoya in Aichi Prefectur. The aurie maks up the maist urban pairt o the Tōkai region. The population (as o 2000) o 8,739,000 ower an aurie o 6,380 square kilometers.
It is amang the 50 maist populous metropolitan auries in the warld an is Japan's third maist populous metropolitan aurie efter the Greater Tokyo Aurie an Keihanshin, containin roughly 7% o Japan's population. Historically, this region haes taken a back seat tae the ither twa pouer centers, baith poleetically an economically; housomeivver, its economic importance haes been growin steadily, an its GDP per caipita is amang the heichest in Japan.
Municipalities
[eedit | eedit soorce]The metropolitan aurie stretches ayont the central ceety o Nagoya tae ither municipalities in Aichi Prefectur, as well as neebourin Gifu an Mie prefecturs.
Aichi Prefectur
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Wastren Aichi Prefectur
- Central Aichi Prefectur
Gifu Prefectur
[eedit | eedit soorce]Mie Prefectur
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Major railweys
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Thare are at least 38 passenger train lines in the Greater Nagoya aurie. JR runs sax, Nagoya Subway seiven, Meitetsu 18, Kintetsu fower, an five ither operators ane each.
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Major interceety heich-gates
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- Chita-Hanto Expressway
- Chūō Expressway
- Higashi-Meihan Expressway
- Isewangan Expressway
- Meishin Expressway
- Tōkai Ring Expressway
- Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway
- Tomei Expressway
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Nagoya
- Greater Nagoya Initiative
- Chūkyō Industrial Area
- Chūkyō Television Broadcasting
- Chukyo University
- Leet o metropolitan auries in Japan bi population
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]The aurie defined bi the Chukyo Area Person-Trip Survey Archived 2017-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, a study o commuter movement, is slichtly different frae the census definition. It includes soothren Aichi an auries immediately north o Gifu City. It adds twa ceeties in Aichi Prefecture (Tahara an Toyohashi) an twa ceeties in Gifu Prefecture (Mino an Seki). Additionally, it excludes twa ceeties in Gifu Prefecture (Ena an Nakatsugawa).