Chūkyō region
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Chūkyō Metropolitan Area
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Nagoya
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| Coordinates: 35°10′N 136°55′E / 35.167°N 136.917°ECoordinates: 35°10′N 136°55′E / 35.167°N 136.917°E | |
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| Largest City | Nagoya |
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| • Metro | 7,072 km2 (2,731 sq mi) |
| Population (Population Census of Japan 2010) | |
| • Metro | 9,107,414 |
| • Metro density | 1,288/km2 (3,335/sq mi) |
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-urban part of the Tōkai region. The population (as of 2010) of 9,107,414 over an area of 7,072 square kilometers.
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 22nd-largest economy, in terms of gross metropolitan product at purchasing power parity in 2014, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. The GDP in Greager Nagoya, Nagoya Metropolitan Employment Area, is US$256.3 billion in 2010.
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