Chūkyō Metropolitan Aurie

, whiles cried the Chūkyō region (中京地方 Chūkyō-chihō), is the name o a major metropolitan aurie in Japan that is centred on the ceety o Nagoya in Aichi Prefectur. The aurie maks up the maist urban pairt o the Tōkai region. The population (as o 2000) o 8,739,000 ower an aurie o 6,380 square kilometers.

It is amang the 50 maist populous metropolitan auries in the warld an is Japan's third maist populous metropolitan aurie efter the Greater Tokyo Aurie an Keihanshin, containin roughly 7% o Japan's population.  Historically, this region haes taken a back seat tae the ither twa pouer centers, baith poleetically an economically; housomeivver, its economic importance haes been growin steadily, an its GDP per caipita is amang the heichest in Japan.

 Municipalities 
The metropolitan aurie stretches ayont the central ceety o Nagoya tae ither municipalities in Aichi Prefectur, as well as neebourin Gifu an Mie prefecturs.

 Aichi Prefectur 
Wastren Aichi Prefectur

 Aisai
 Ama
 Chita
 Handa
 Ichinomiya
 Inazawa
 Inuyama
 Iwakura
 Kasugai
 Komaki
 Kitanagoya
 Kiyosu
 Kōnan
 Nagakute
 Nisshin
 Ōbu
 Owariasahi
 Seto
 Tōkai
 Tokoname
 Toyoake
 Tsushima
 Yatomi

Central Aichi Prefectur

 Anjō
 Chiryū
 Gamagori
 Hekinan
 Kariya
 Miyoshi
 Nishio
 Okazaki
 Tahara
 Takahama
 Toyohashi
 Toyokawa
 Toyota

 Gifu Prefectur 

 Ena
 Gifu
 Hashima
 Kaizu
 Kakamigahara
 Kani
 Minokamo
 Mizuho
 Mizunami
 Motosu
 Nakatsugawa
 Ōgaki
 Tajimi
 Toki

 Mie Prefectur 
 Inabe
 Kuwana
 Yokkaichi

 Transportation 

 Major airports 
 Chūbu Centrair International Airport
 Nagoya Airport
 Major railweys 
Thare are at least 38 passenger train lines in the Greater Nagoya aurie.  JR runs sax, Nagoya Subway seiven, Meitetsu 18, Kintetsu fower, an five ither operators ane each.

 JR Central
 Chūō Main Line
 Daita Line
 Kansai Main Line
 Takayama Main Line
 Tōkaidō Main Line
 Tōkaidō Shinkansen

 Ither operators
 Aichi Loop Line
 Aonami Line
 Ise Railway
 Jōhoku Line
 Kintetsu
 Linimo
 Meitetsu
 Nagoya Subway

 Major interceety heich-gates 
 Chita-Hanto Expressway
 Chūō Expressway
 Higashi-Meihan Expressway
 Isewangan Expressway
 Meishin Expressway
 Tōkai Ring Expressway
 Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway
 Tomei Expressway

 See an aw 
 Nagoya
 Greater Nagoya Initiative
 Chūkyō Industrial Area
 Chūkyō Television Broadcasting
 Chukyo University
 Leet o metropolitan auries in Japan bi population

 Notes 

The aurie defined bi the Chukyo Area Person-Trip Survey , a study o commuter movement, is slichtly different frae the census definition. It includes soothren Aichi an auries immediately north o Gifu City. It adds twa ceeties in Aichi Prefecture (Tahara an Toyohashi) an twa ceeties in Gifu Prefecture (Mino an Seki). Additionally, it excludes twa ceeties in Gifu Prefecture (Ena an Nakatsugawa).

Category:Metropolitan auries o Japan
Category:Chūbu region