Machida, Tokyo

is a Japanese city in the western part of the greater metropolis of Tokyo, Japan.Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" ; retrieved 2012-3-27. It is in the Tsurumigawa River basin.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.

History
The city was founded on February 1, 1958.

Before 1965, Machida was a group of farm villages near Tokyo.Hanayama, Yuzuru. (1986). Land markets and land policy in a metropolitan area: case study of Tokyo, p. 111.

Related pages
 F.C. Machida Zelvia
 Oberlin University

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Category:Cities in Tokyo Metropolis
Category:1958 establishments in Asia
Category:1950s establishments in Japan