Wards of Japan
Administrative divisions of Japan |
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Prefectural |
Prefectures |
Sub-prefectural |
Municipal |
Sub-municipal |
A ward (
Wards are local entities directly controlled by the municipal government. They handle administrative functions such as koseki registration, health insurance, and property taxation. Many wards have affiliated residents' organizations for a number of tasks, although these do not have any legal authority.
List of wards[edit]
Special wards of Tokyo[edit]
The special wards of Tokyo are not normal wards in the usual sense of the term, but instead an administrative unit governed similar to cities.
Ward | Japanese | Metropolis | Area (km2) |
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Adachi | Tokyo | 53.25 | |
Arakawa | Tokyo | 10.16 | |
Bunkyō | Tokyo | 11.29 | |
Chiyoda | Tokyo | 11.66 | |
Chūō | Tokyo | 10.21 | |
Edogawa | Tokyo | 49.90 | |
Itabashi | Tokyo | 32.22 | |
Katsushika | Tokyo | 34.80 | |
Kita | Tokyo | 20.61 | |
Kōtō | Tokyo | 40.16 | |
Meguro | Tokyo | 14.67 | |
Minato | Tokyo | 20.37 | |
Nakano | Tokyo | 15.59 | |
Nerima | Tokyo | 48.08 | |
Ōta | Tokyo | 60.66 | |
Setagaya | Tokyo | 58.05 | |
Shibuya | Tokyo | 15.11 | |
Shinagawa | Tokyo | 22.84 | |
Shinjuku | Tokyo | 18.22 | |
Suginami | Tokyo | 34.06 | |
Sumida | Tokyo | 13.77 | |
Toshima | Tokyo | 13.01 | |
Taitō | Tokyo | 10.11 |
See also[edit]
- District (China), the original use of the ku kanji, still in use in Mainland China
- Administrative districts of South Korea, also pronounced gu
- District (Taiwan), same use of the ku in administrative divisions in the ROC Free Area
References[edit]
- ^ "Statistical Handbook of Japan 2008" by Statistics Bureau, Japan Archived 2013-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Chapter 17: Government System (Retrieved on July 4, 2009)