Chūkyō metropolitan area
Metropolitan Area based in Nagoya, Japan
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Chūkyō (中京圏, Chūkyō-ken), or the Chūkyō region (中京地方, Chūkyō-chihō), is a major metropolitan area in Japan that is centered on the city of Nagoya (the "Chūkyō", i.e., the "capital in the middle") in Aichi Prefecture. The area makes up the most urbanized part of the Tōkai region. The population is 9,439,000 in 3,704 square kilometers of built-up land area.[2] Nevertheless, like most of Japan's major metro areas, the core of it lies on a fertile alluvial plain, in this case, the Nōbi Plain.
Nagoya metropolitan area
Nagoya MEA | |
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(2015) | |
 Interactive map of Nagoya metropolitan area | |
| Country | Japan |
| Prefectures | |
| Core cities | |
| Area (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 2,791.72 km2 (1,077.89 sq mi) |
| • Inhabitable area | 1,902.02 km2 (734.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[4] | |
• Total | 6,871,632 |
| • Rank | 3rd in Japan |
| • Density | 2,461.43/km2 (6,375.08/sq mi) |
Chūkyō metropolitan area
中京圏 | |
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 Nagoya | |
 Interactive map of Chūkyō metropolitan area | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Prefecture | Aichi |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 3,704 km2 (1,430 sq mi) |
| Population (Demographia World Urban Areas 2019
［http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf]) | |
| • Metro | 9,439,000 |
| • Metro density | 2,549/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Metro | JP¥59,799 billion (2022) US$460 billion (2022) |
It is among the 50 most populous metropolitan areas in the world, and is the third most populous metropolitan area in Japan (after Greater Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto), containing roughly 7% of Japan's population. Historically, this region has taken a back seat to the other two power centers, both politically and economically; however, the agglomeration of Nagoya is the world's 22nd-largest metro area economy, in terms of gross metropolitan product at purchasing power parity in 2014, according to a study by the Brookings Institution.[5] The GDP of Greater Nagoya, Nagoya Metropolitan Employment Area, was US$256.3 billion in 2010.[3][6]
Municipalities
The metropolitan area stretches beyond the central city of Nagoya to other municipalities in Aichi Prefecture, as well as neighboring Gifu and Mie prefectures.
Aichi Prefecture
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- Western Aichi Prefecture（Owari Province）
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- Eastern Aichi Prefecture（Mikawa Province）
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Gifu Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
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Transport
Major airports
Major railways
There are at least 38 passenger train lines in the Greater Nagoya area. JR runs six, Nagoya Subway seven, Meitetsu 18, Kintetsu four, and five other operators one each.
- Other operators
Major intercity highways
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[7][8][9] and[10][circular reference] , Chūkyō metropolitan area, also known as greater Nagoya, has had continuous population growth.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2,237,000 | — |
| 1960 | 4,297,000 | +92.1% |
| 1970 | 6,603,000 | +53.7% |
| 1980 | 7,777,000 | +17.8% |
| 1990 | 8,407,000 | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 8,740,000 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 9,107,414 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 9,552,132 | +4.9% |