Nagoya [city] - Nagoya

Japanese: 名古屋[市] - なごや

Aichi Prefecture's western city, located on the Ise Bay coast of the Nobi Plain. Incorporated as a city in 1889, it is the prefectural capital. In 1956, it became a government-designated city. It consists of 16 wards: Chikusa, Higashi, Kita, Nishi, Nakamura, Naka, Showa, Mizuho, Atsuta, Nakagawa, Minato, Minami, Moriyama, Midori, Meito, and Tenpaku. During the Edo period, the city center developed as a castle town for the Owari Domain, one of the three great feudal domains. Since the Meiji period, it has developed as the political, economic, and cultural center of the Tokai region, and since it is located halfway between Tokyo and Osaka, it has come to be called Chukyo. Although one-quarter of the city area was damaged during World War II, it has been remarkably rebuilt through bold urban planning, such as the construction of 100m roads, Wakamiya Odori running east-west and Hisaya Odori running north-south, centered around the former Yabacho in Naka Ward, and the relocation of the cemetery in the city center to Peace Park in Chikusa Ward. A key point for land and water transport, it is served by the Tokaido Main Line, Shinkansen, Chuo Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Nagoya Railroad, Kintetsu Railway, and the city subway, and many other major roads such as the Tomei Expressway and Nagoya Second Ring Road are also located here. Nagoya Port was formerly called Atsuta Port, and after it was designated an open port in 1907, it expanded. Heavy chemical industries have grown rapidly in the coastal industrial area since the 1960s, and it has now developed into a major trading port on a par with Kobe and Yokohama. It is the center of the Chukyo Industrial Zone, and with a turnover of 3,454 billion yen (2003), it is the second largest in the prefecture after Toyota City. Industries such as machinery, transportation machinery, publishing and printing are thriving. The government district is located around Nagoya Castle, and banks, companies, and movie theaters are located in Hirokoji, while department stores and shops are concentrated around Sakaemachi intersection. There are Osu Kannon, Higashiyama Park, Atsuta Shrine, Tsuruma Park, Nagoya Port Aquarium, Nagoya University, and Nanzan University. Nagoya Airport (currently the Prefectural Nagoya Airport) is located in Toyoyama Town, which borders the city to the north. In 2002, the Fujimae Tidal Flats were registered as a Ramsar Convention wetland. 326.45 ^km2 . 2,263,894 people (2010).
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愛知県西部，濃尾平野の伊勢湾岸に位置する市。1889年市制。県庁所在地。1956年政令指定都市となる。千種(ちくさ)，東，北，西，中村，中，昭和，瑞穂(みずほ)，熱田，中川，港，南，守山，緑，名東，天白の16区からなる市。中心市街は江戸時代，御三家尾張藩の城下町として発達。明治以降は東海地方の政治，経済，文化の中心として発展，東京と大阪の中間にあるため，中京と呼ばれるようになった。第２次大戦で市域の４分の１を被災したが，中区の旧矢場町を中心に東西方向の若宮大通，南北方向の久屋大通の100m道路の建設や，市街地にあった墓地を千種区の平和公園へ移設するなど，大胆な都市計画により目ざましく復興した。水陸交通の要衝で，東海道本線・新幹線，中央本線，関西本線，名古屋鉄道，近畿日本鉄道，市営地下鉄が通じ，東名高速道路，名古屋第二環状自動車道など多くの幹線道路も集中。名古屋港はかつて熱田港と呼ばれ，1907年開港場指定後拡張が進み，1960年代以降臨海工業地域に重化学工業が急速に成長して，現在は，神戸，横浜と並ぶ大貿易港に発展。中京工業地帯の中心で，３兆4540億円（2003）を上げて県内では豊田市に次いで２位。機械，輸送機械，出版・印刷などの工業が盛ん。名古屋城の一郭に官庁街があり，広小路には銀行，会社，映画館が，栄町交差点周辺にはデパート，商店が集中する。大須の観音，東山公園，熱田神宮，鶴舞公園，名古屋港水族館，名古屋大学，南山大学などがある。北接する豊山町に名古屋空港（現・県営名古屋空港）がある。2002年に藤前干潟がラムサール条約登録湿地となる。326.45km²。226万3894人（2010）。
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