Chiyoda

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Chiyoda

Total population

46,397

Coordinates35.69°, 139.75°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Chiyoda , officially known as Chiyoda City in English, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. Located in the heart of Tokyo's 23 special wards, Chiyoda consists of the Imperial Palace and a surrounding radius of about a kilometer, and is known as the political and financial center of Japan. As of October 2020, the ward had a population of 66,680, and a population density of 5,709 people per km2, making it by far the least populated of the special wards. The residential part of Chiyoda is at the heart of Yamanote, Tokyo's traditional upper-class residential area, with Banchō, Kōjimachi, and Kioichō considered the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the entire city. The total area is 11.66 km2, of which the Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park, National Museum of Modern Art, and Yasukuni Shrine take up approximately 2.6 km2, or 22%.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Tokyo

• Bunkyo
  1 mi away · pop. 227,902
• Tokyo
  1.3 mi away · pop. 13,613,660
• Chuo
  1.9 mi away · pop. 158,508
• Taito
  2 mi away · pop. 203,893
• Minato
  2.5 mi away · pop. 254,699
• Shinjuku
  2.8 mi away · pop. 349,385
• Toshima
  3 mi away · pop. 298,562
• Sumida
  3 mi away · pop. 272,085
• Arakawa
  3.4 mi away · pop. 216,232
• Shibuya
  3.8 mi away · pop. 230,707
• Koto
  3.9 mi away · pop. 524,310
• Kita
  4.2 mi away · pop. 349,573

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Chiyoda

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 93 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Cylindera kaleea yedoensis

Cylindera kaleea yedoensis

Seen 2026-07-02

lake pondskater

Aquarius paludum

Seen 2026-07-02

Japanese Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae

Seen 2026-07-02

Prosopocoilus inclinatus inclinatus

Prosopocoilus inclinatus inclinatus

Seen 2026-07-02

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-07-02

Adanson's House Jumper

Hasarius adansoni

Seen 2026-07-02

Diverse-leaf Yellowcress

Rorippa indica

Seen 2026-07-02

Brown-eared Bulbul

Hypsipetes amaurotis

Seen 2026-07-02

Tauphaedusa tau

Tauphaedusa tau

Seen 2026-07-02

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Chiyoda, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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