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Katsushika
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is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is known as Katsushika City in English.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Katsushika
- Settlement.official_name
- Katsushika City
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Special ward
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Shibamata Taishakuten.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Shibamata Taishaku-ten in Katsushika
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Katsushika-ku, Tokyo.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Katsushika, Tokyo.svg
- Settlement.seal_type
- Emblem
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe point
- none
- Settlement.image_map1
- Location of Katsushika ward Tokyo Japan.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Katsushika in Tokyo Metropolis
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Japan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Japan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ward of Japan
- Part of
- Tokyo
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Tokyo City
- Population
- 442586
- Area
- 34.80
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Naka River
- Shares border with
- Yashio
- Official website
- www.city.katsushika.lg.jp
- Image
- Shibamata Taishakuten.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- inception
- 1932-10-01
- Commons category
- Katsushika, Tokyo
- topic's main category
- Category:Katsushika
- twinned administrative body
- Floridsdorf
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Katsushika
- name in kana
- かつしかく
- replaces
- Tokyo City
- social media followers
- 8560
- official symbol
- Salix babylonica
- native label
- 葛飾区
- associated electoral district
- Tokyo 17th district
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Boundaries
- Rivers
- Districts and neighborhoods
- History
- Economy
- Government and infrastructure
- Education
- Colleges and universities
- Metropolitan schools
- Municipal schools
- Transportation
- Rail
- Highways
- Notable works set in Katsushika
- Notable people
- Sister cities
- References
- External links
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is known as Katsushika City in English.
As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km2. The total area is 34.80 km2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katsushika” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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