Tokyo (Japan)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
טוקיו (יפן)
Name (Latin)
Tokyo (Japan)
Other forms of name
Dongjing (Japan)
Dongjing du (Japan)
Dongjing du ting (Japan)
Horad Tokia (Japan)
Tokia (Japan)
Tokyo Metropolis (Japan)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan)
Toukio (Japan)
Tōkyō-to (Japan)
Ṭūkiyū (Japan)
Tonggyŏng (Japan)
Tokio (Japan)
Tʻokʻyoo (Japan)
Tung-ching tu (Japan)
Tung-ching tu tʻing (Japan)
Tōkyō-shi (Japan)
Tung-ching (Japan)
טקיה (יפן)
Coordinates
139.774444 139.774444 35.683889 35.683889 (gooearth )
E1394130 E1394130 N0354122 N0354122 (geonames )
Type of jurisdiction
Capitals (Cities)
Cities and towns
Associated country
Japan
See Also From tracing place name
Edo (Japan)
Shinagawa-ken (Japan)
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- ClassWeb, July 10, 2020(Tokyo; DS896-896.95)
- GEOnet, viewed, Feb. 25, 2016(Tokyo [conventional], Tōkyō [approved], capital of a political entity in Japan, 35°41ʹ06ʺN 139°41ʹ05ʺE; variants: Tokio, Edo; also an ADM1 named Tokyo in Japan)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 35°41ʹ22ʺN 139°41ʹ30ʺE)
- Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan, 1983volume 8, p. 60-61 (Tōkyō; capital of Japan; "Tōkyō was administratively enlarged in 1943 trough the amalgamation of surrounding districts and suburbs to form Tōkyō Tō (Tōkyō Prefecture or Tōkyō Metropolitan Prefecture; officially Tōkyō Metropolis). At present Tōkyō Prefecture comprises 23 wards (ku), 26 cities (shi), 1 county (gun) 4 island administrative units (shichō) and 15 towns and villages (chō, shon)"; "... in 1943 Tōkyō Fu and Tōkyō Shi were merged and the name changed to Tōkyō Tō"; "... the city undertook a feverish building program in preparation for the 1964 Tōkyō Olympic Games...")
- Minu u̇jegsen Toukio, 2008:title page (Toukio [in Mongolian script]) running title (Токио = Tokio) Chinese CIP (东京 = Dongjing (Wade-Giles: Tung-ching])
- Shinagawa-ken (Japan). Shake jiin kunpō, 1869:t.p. (Shinagawa-ken)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government website (English version), viewed March 15, 2016Structure of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government PDF, p. 12 ("local government system of Japan consists of two tiers: prefectures and municipalities that make up the prefectures ...prefectures are regional authorites comprising municipalities... Japan is made of of 47 prefectures and Tokyo is one of those regional authorities"); about our city, municipalities within Tokyo (-ku: ward, -shi: city, -machi: town, -mura: village 23 ku, 26 cities, 5 towns, 8 villages)
- Tonggyŏng yuhaksaeng, 1986:t.p. (東京 = Tonggyŏng)
- Tonggyŏng, 1992:t.p. (동경 = Tonggyŏng)
- WIkipedia, Feb. 27, 2013(Tokyo (東京 = Tōkyō "Eastern Capital"), officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都 = Tōkyō-to), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan; 35°41ʹ22.22ʺN 139°41ʹ30.12ʺE) Arabic page (طوكيو = Ṭūkiyū) Belarusian page (Горад Токіа = Horad Tokia; Токіа = Tokia) Bulgarian page (Токио = Tokio)
- Internat. Stat. Inst. Session (19th : 1930 : Tokyo, Japan). Papers, 1930- :v. 1, t.p. (Tokio)
- Yi, I.N. Pul tʻanŭn Tʻokʻyoo, 1984:t.p. (Tʻokʻyoo)
- Tokyo (Japan). Ti 2 tzʻu Tung-ching tu chʻang chʻi kuei hua, 1988;colophon (Tung-ching tu tʻing)
- Tōkyō-shi tōroku rōdōsha fukugyō chōsa, 1936:t.p. (Tōkyō-shi) cover (Tōkyō Shiyakusho)
- LC manual cat.(hdg.: Tokyo; hdg.: Tokyo. Shiyakusho; usages: Tokio Municipal Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Office)
- Kadokawa Nihon chimei d.j.:v. 13, p. 341 (Shinagawa-ken; est. 1869 abolished 4/1871; became part of Tokyo)
- Living in Tokyo, c1992:t.p. (Tokyo) colophon (Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
- Tung-ching Fu-shih mei shu kuan tsʻang ... 1994.