Bunkyō-ku
special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan
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Summary
Bunkyō-ku is a special ward of Japan[1]. Bunkyō-ku draws 2,852 Wikipedia views per month (special ward of japan category, ranking #10 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tokyo[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Head of government: Hironobu Narisawa[5]
- Shares border with: Shinjuku[6], Chiyoda[7], Taitō-ku[8], Toshima[9], Kita[10], Arakawa[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Ōtsuka[12], Otowa[13], Kasuga[14], Koishikawa[15], Kōraku[16], Kohinata[17], Suidō[18], Sekiguchi[19], Sengoku[20], Sendagi[21], Nishi-Kata[22], Nezu[23], Hakusan[24], Hon-Komagome[25]
- Twinned administrative body: Kaiserslautern[26], Morioka[27], Fukuyama[28], Tsuwano[29]
- Legislative body: 文京区議会[30]
- Postal code: 112-0000[31]
- Part of: ward area of Tokyo[32]
- Commons category: Bunkyo, Tokyo[33]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[34]
- Inception: March 15, 1947[35]
- Official website: https://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bunkyō[37]
- Population: 206,626[38], 219,724[39], 240,069[40], 235,981[41]
- Office held by head of government: Q56437097[42]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[43]
- Replaces: Koishikawa-ku[44], Hongō-ku[45]
- Contains settlement: Koishikawa[46], Hongō[47]
- Official name: 文京区[48]
- Legal form: special local public entity of Japan[49]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bunkyo, Tokyo[50]
- Category for people who died here: Q55908502[51]
- Native label: 文京区[52]
- Category for people buried here: Q113050369[53]
Why It Matters
Bunkyō-ku has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Bunkyō-ku is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]