Chuo
Chuo is a central ward in Tokyo. It has been the historical commercial heart of Tokyo since the Edo period, and to this day, is filled with offices, banks, and other institutions that drive the Japanese economy.
- Type: City with 159,000 residents
- Description: special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan
- Also known as: “Chuō”, “Chūo”, “Chūō”, “Chuo (Tokyo)”, “Chuo City”, “Chuo ku”, “Chuō ku”, “Chūo Tokio”, “Chūō Tokio”, “Chuo Tokyo”, “Chuō Tokyo”, “Chuo Ward”, “Chūō-bydistriktet”, “Chuo-ku”, “Chūo-ku”, “Chūō, Tokyo”, “Chuuo”, “Chuuoo”, “Chuuou-ku”, “Район Тюо”, “Тюо-ку”, “צ’ו”, “تشواو، طوكيو”, “چواو”, “ชูโอ”, and “東京都中央区”
- Neighbors: Chiyoda, Minato, Sumida, and Taito
Places of Interest
Highlights: Shiodome and Tsukiji fish market.
Tsukiji fish market
Marketplace
Tokyo Station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ginza and Shinbashi.
Chuo
- Categories: special ward of Japan and locality
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.67064° or 35° 40′ 14″ north
Longitude
139.77199° or 139° 46′ 19″ east
Population
159,000
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Established
May 3rd, 1947
Open location code
8Q7XMQCC+7Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Chuo” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Achinese: “Chuuou”
- Arabic: “تشوأو، طوكيو”
- Arabic: “تشوأو”
- Armenian: “Թյուո”
- Azerbaijani: “Çuo”
- Balinese: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Basque: “Chūō-ku”
- Belarusian: “Цюа”
- Bengali: “চুও-কু”
- Catalan: “Chūō”
- Cebuano: “Chūō-ku (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Chūō-ku”
- Chechen: “Тюо (махсус район)”
- Chechen: “Тюо”
- Chinese: “中央区”
- Chinese: “中央區”
- Czech: “Čúó”
- Danish: “Chūō”
- Danish: “Chuuou”
- Dutch: “Chuo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تشوآو”
- Esperanto: “kvartalo Ĉūō”
- Esperanto: “Kvartalo Ĉūō”
- Estonian: “Chūō”
- Finnish: “Chūō”
- French: “arrondissement de Chūō”
- French: “Chūō-ku”
- French: “Chūō”
- Galician: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Galician: “Chūō”
- Gan Chinese: “中央区”
- Gan Chinese: “中央區”
- Georgian: “ჩუო”
- German: “Chūō”
- Greek: “Τσούο”
- Gujarati: “ચુઓ-કુ”
- Haitian: “Chuo”
- Hebrew: “צ’ואו”
- Hindi: “चुओ-कू”
- Hungarian: “Csúó”
- Indonesian: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Indonesian: “Chūō”
- Irish: “Chūō-ku”
- Italian: “Chūō”
- Japanese: “Chūō-ku”
- Japanese: “ちゅうおうく”
- Japanese: “中央”
- Japanese: “中央区”
- Kannada: “ಚೂ-ಕು”
- Korean: “주오구”
- Latvian: “Čūo īpašais rajons”
- Literary Chinese: “中央區”
- Lithuanian: “Čiūo”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Chuo”
- Malay: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Malay: “Chūō”
- Marathi: “चुओ-कू”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tyûô-khu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chuo”
- Norwegian: “Chuo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Chuo”
- Persian: “چوئو-کو”
- Persian: “چوئو”
- Polish: “Chūō”
- Portuguese: “Chuo”
- Romanian: “Chūō, Tōkyō”
- Romanian: “Chūō”
- Russian: “Тюо”
- Sinhala: “චුඕ-කු”
- Slovenian: “Čuo”
- Spanish: “Chuo”
- Spanish: “Chūō”
- Sundanese: “Chuo, Tokyo”
- Swedish: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Swedish: “Chuo”
- Tagalog: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Tagalog: “Chūō”
- Tamil: “சுவோ-கு”
- Tatar: “Тюо (махсус район)”
- Tatar: “Тюо”
- Telugu: “చూవో-కు”
- Thai: “เขตชูโอ”
- Turkish: “Chūō-ku”
- Turkish: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Ukrainian: “Район Чюо”
- Ukrainian: “Тюо”
- Urdu: “چوو، ٹوکیو”
- Uzbek: “Chuo”
- Vietnamese: “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Vietnamese: “Chūō”
- Waray (Philippines): “Chūō, Tokyo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Chūō”
- Yue Chinese: “中央區”
- “Chūō-ku”
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