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Arakawa
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special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan
Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Kantō
- Prefecture
- Tokyo Metropolis
- Mayor
- Gaku Takiguchi (since November 2024)
- Total
- 10.16 km (3.92 sq mi)
- Density
- 21,348/km (55,290/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00 ( JST )
- City hall address
- Arakawa 2-2-3, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-8501
- Website
- www .city .arakawa .tokyo .jp
- Flower
- Azalea
- Tree
- Cherry blossom
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ward of Japan
- Part of
- Tokyo
- Named after
- Arakawa River
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Tokyo City
- Population
- 203296
- Area
- 10.16
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Sumida River
- Shares border with
- Taitō-ku
- Official website
- www.city.arakawa.tokyo.jp
- Image
- Tokyo-sumida-river-from-suijin-bridge.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Arakawa, Tokyo
- inception
- 1932-10-01
- twinned administrative body
- Fukushima
- Commons category
- Arakawa, Tokyo
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Arakawa, Tokyo
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Arakawa, Tokyo
- name in kana
- あらかわく
- replaces
- Tokyo City
- native label
- 荒川区
- postal code
- 116-0000
- official symbol
- Rhododendron
- different from
- Arakawa
- social media followers
- 6880
- associated electoral district
- Tokyo 29th district
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Encyclopedic overview
Arakawa (荒川区, Arakawa-ku) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward takes its name from the Arakawa River, though the river does not run through or touch the ward. The ward borders the Sumida River, which was once the lower section of the Arakawa river. Neighboring wards are Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumida. In English, the ward's official name is Arakawa City.
Arakawa has sister-city relationships with Donaustadt in Vienna, Austria, and with Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. Domestically, it has similar relationships with nine cities, towns and villages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arakawa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.