Machida, Tokyo
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| Machida City 町田市 |
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| Coordinates: 35°32′55.21″N 139°26′47.9″E / 35.5486694°N 139.446639°ECoordinates: 35°32′55.21″N 139°26′47.9″E / 35.5486694°N 139.446639°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Kantō | ||
| Prefecture | Tokyo | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Joichi Ishizaka | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 71.62 km2 (27.65 sq mi) | ||
| Population (October 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 424,669 | ||
| • Density | 5,928.65/km2 (15,355.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| City symbols | |||
| - Tree | Japanese Zelkova | ||
| - Flower | Scarlet Sage | ||
| - Bird | Common Kingfisher | ||
| Phone number | 042-722-3111 | ||
| Address | 1-20-23 Nakamachi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8520 |
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Machida (町田市 Machida-shi) is a Japanese city in the western part of the greater metropolis of Tokyo, Japan.[1] It is in the Tsurumigawa River basin.[2]
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History [change]
The city was founded on February 1, 1958.
Before 1965, Machida was an group of farm villages in the vicinity of Tokyo.[3]
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References [change]
- ↑ Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo"; retrieved 2012-3-27.
- ↑ World Water Assessment Programme. (2003). "Table 22.1: Hydrological characteristics of the five river basins in Greater Tokyo," Water for people, water for life: a joint report by the twenty-three UN agencies concerned with freshwater, p. 485.
- ↑ Hanayama, Yuzuru. (1986). Land markets and land policy in a metropolitan area: case study of Tokyo, p. 111.
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