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Nagoya

名古屋
名古屋市 · Ceety o Nagoya[1]
Frae tap left: Nagoya Port, Higashiyama Zoo an Botanical Gardens, Central Nagoya, Nagoya Castle, Nagoya TV Touer
Banner o Nagoya
Banner
Official logo of Nagoya
Location o Nagoya in Aichi
Location o Nagoya in Aichi
Nagoya is located in Japan
Nagoya
Nagoya
 
Coordinates: 35°10′53.24″N 136°54′22.99″E / 35.1814556°N 136.9063861°E / 35.1814556; 136.9063861
KintraJapan
RegionChūbu
PrefecturAichi
Govrenment
 • MayorTakashi Kawamura
Area
 • Designatit ceety326.43 km2 (126.04 sq mi)
Population
 (August 1, 2011)
 • Designatit ceety2,266,249 (3rd)
 • Metro
8,923,445 (3rd)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- TreeCamphor laurel
(Cinnamomum camphora)
- FlouerLilium
Phone nummer052-972-2017
Address3-1-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 460-0001
Websitewww.city.nagoya.jp
[2]

Nagoya (名古屋市, Nagoya-shi) is the third-lairgest incorporatit ceety an the fowert maist populous urban aurie in Japan.[3]

Locatit on the Paceefic coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, it is the caipital o Aichi Prefectur an is ane o Japan's major ports alang wi those o Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, an Moji. It is an aa the centre o Japan's third lairgest metropolitan region, kent as the Chūkyō Metropolitan Aurie.

Sister ceeties

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Nagoya haes five twin touns an sister ceeties aroond the warld:[4]

The Nagoya International Center promotes internaitional exchynge in the local community.

References

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  1. "Nagoya's official English Name". Archived frae the original on 2 Februar 2010. Retrieved 22 Mey 2013.
  2. "平成23年6月1日現在の世帯数と人口(全市・区別)" (in Japanese). Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 Juin 2011.
  3. Tokyo is no a single incorporatit ceety - see Tokyo for mair information on the definition an makeup o Tokyo.
  4. "Nagoya's Sister Cities". Retrieved 20 Apryle 2007.