Nagoya
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Summary
Nagoya is a city designated by government ordinance[1]. Nagoya draws 27,404 Wikipedia views per month (city designated by government ordinance category, ranking #5 of 20).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Aichi Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ise Bay[5], Port of Nagoya[6], Shōnai River[7], Tenpaku River[8], Nikkō River[9]
- Head of government: Ichirō Hirosawa[10]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[11], city of Japan[12], port city[13], megacity[14], city for international conferences and tourism[15]
- Capital: Naka-ku[16]
- Shares border with: Nisshin[17], Seto[18], Kasugai[19], Tōkai-shi[20], Ōbu-shi[21], Owariasahi[22], Toyoake[23], Kiyosu[24], Kitanagoya[25], Ama[26], Nagakute[27], Tōgō-chō[28], Toyoyama[29], Ōharu-chō[30]
- Top-level Internet domain: .nagoya[31]
- Anthem: Nagoya City Anthem[32]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Chikusa-ku[33], Higashi-ku[34], Kita-ku[35], Nishi-ku[36], Nakamura-ku[37], Naka-ku[38], Shōwa-ku[39], Mizuho-ku[40], Atsuta-ku[41], Nakagawa-ku[42], Minato-ku[43], Minami-ku[44], Moriyama-ku[45], Midori-ku[46]
- Twinned administrative body: Los Angeles[47], Mexico City[48], Sydney[49], Turin[50], Nanjing[51], Pune[52], Toyota[53], Rikuzentakata[54], Taichung[55], Reims[56], Tashkent[57], Callao[58]
- Legislative body: Nagoya City Assembly[59]
- Executive body: Nagoya City Hall[60]
- Postal code: 460-8508[61]
- Part of: six greatest cities in Japan (1922)[62]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Nagoya include Nagoya Airfield[63], an airport[64], in Japan[65]; Chūkyō metropolitan area[66], a metropolitan area[67], in Japan[68]; Nagoya Protocol[69], a protocol[70], in Japan[71]; and .nagoya[72], a generic top-level domain[73], in Japan[74].
Why It Matters
Nagoya has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[75] Nagoya is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[76]
Entities named for Nagoya include Nagoya Airfield[63], an airport[64], in Japan[65]; Chūkyō metropolitan area[66], a metropolitan area[67], in Japan[68]; Nagoya Protocol[69], a protocol[70], in Japan[71]; and .nagoya[72], a generic top-level domain[73], in Japan[74].