Chūkyō Metropolitan Aurie
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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.
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) |
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.