Machida, Tokyo - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Machida 町田市 | |
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![]() Machida City Hall | |
![]() Location of Machida in Tokyo | |
Coordinates: 35°42′38″N 139°26′19″E / 35.71056°N 139.43861°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kantō |
Prefecture | Tokyo |
Area | |
• Total | 71.80 km2 (27.72 sq mi) |
Population (February 2016) | |
• Total | 429,040 |
• Density | 5,980/km2 (15,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
Symbols | |
• Tree | Zelkova serrata |
• Flower | Scarlet sage |
• Bird | Common kingfisher |
Phone number | 042-722-3111 |
Address | 1-20-23 Nakamachi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8520 |
Website | www |
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]
History
[change | change source]The city was founded on February 1, 1958.
Before 1965, Machida was a group of farm villages near Tokyo.[3]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine; 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.
Other websites
[change | change source]Media related to Machida, Tokyo at Wikimedia Commons
Machida travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Machida City official website (in Japanese)