page_title: Greater Tokyo Area
section_title: Cities within Tokyo
hierarchical_section_title: Greater Tokyo Area / Cities / Cities within Tokyo
caption_attribution_description: English: Tokyo view from Odaiba 日本語: お台場から望む東京（拡大バージョン）
context_page_description: The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, consisting of the Kantō region of Japan as well as the prefecture of Yamanashi of the neighboring Chūbu region. In Japanese, it is referred to by various terms, one of the most common being Capital Region.
  A 2016 United Nations estimate puts the total population at 38,140,000. It covers an area of approximately 13,500 km², giving it a population density of 2,642 person/km². It is the second largest single metropolitan area in the world in terms of built-up or urban function landmass at 8,547 km², behind only New York City at 11,642 km².
  The area has the largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a total GDP of approximately $1.8 trillion in 2017.
context_section_description: Tokyo is legally classified as a to (都), which translates as "metropolis", and is treated as one of the forty-seven prefectures of Japan. The metropolis is administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as a whole.
caption: Special wards of Tokyo
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