Western Tokyo

Western Tokyo, also known as the Tama area (多摩地域, Tama chiiki), Tama region (多摩地方, Tama-chihō) or toka (都下), in the Tokyo Metropolis consists of 30 ordinary municipalities (cities (市 shi), towns (町 machi) and one village (村 mura)), unlike the eastern part which consists of 23 special wards.

Western Tokyo
Western Tokyo (green) within Tokyo Prefecture
CountryJapan
IslandHonshū
RegionKantō
PrefectureTokyo
Area
  Total1,160 km2 (450 sq mi)
Population
 (October 1, 2018)
  Total4,233,493
  Density3,600/km2 (9,500/sq mi)

Before it was transferred to Tokyo in 1893, the Tama area, then also still often referred to as the "three Tama" (三多摩, san-Tama) (referring to the West, North and South Tama counties it consisted of) had formed the Northern part of Kanagawa Prefecture.

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