Meitō-ku, Nagoya

Meitō 名東区
Ward
Meitō Ward
Kanare River
Location of Meitō-ku in Nagoya
Meitō
Coordinates: 35°10′33″N 137°0′37″E / 35.17583°N 137.01028°E / 35.17583; 137.01028Coordinates: 35°10′33″N 137°0′37″E / 35.17583°N 137.01028°E / 35.17583; 137.01028
Country	Japan
Region	Tōkai region Chūbu region
Prefecture	Aichi
City	Nagoya
Area
• Total	19.44 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Population (November 2011)
• Total	161,416
• Density	8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree	Zelkova serrata [1]
- Flower	Dianthus
Phone number	052-773-1111
Address	2-15 Kamisha, Meitō-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 464-8644
Website	www.city.nagoya.jp/meito/ (Japanese)

Meitō-ku Ward Office

Meitō-ku (名東区, Meitō-ku) is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2011, the ward had an estimated population of 161,416 and a population density of 8,300 persons per km². The total area was 19.44 km².

Geography

Meitō Ward is located in eastern Nagoya city.

Surrounding municipalities

• Moriyama Ward
• Chikusa Ward
• Tempaku Ward
• Nisshin
• Nagakute

History

The area of present Meitō-ku was formerly part of Aichi District and Higashikasugai District. Incorporated into the city of Nagoya by 1955 and divided between Chikusa Ward and Showa Ward, it became a separate ward on February 1, 1975.

Education

• Aichi Toho University

Transportation

Railroads

• Aichi Rapid Transit Company - Linimo
  • Fujigaoka
• Nagoya Municipal Subway – Higashiyama Line
  • Issha - Kamiyashiro - Hongō - Fujigaoka

Highways

• Tōmei Expressway
• Nagoya Dai-ni Kanjo Expressway
• Route 2 (Nagoya Expressway)
• Japan National Route 302
• Japan National Route 363

Noted people from Meitō-ku, Nagoya

• Shibata Katsuie – Samurai during the Sengoku period
• Mao Asada – professional figure skater
• Mai Asada – professional figure skater, model, actress
• Tetsuo Nakanishi – professional soccer player
• Kayo Satoh – model, actress

References

External links

• / Official website (Japanese)

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Aichi Prefecture
Nagoya (capital)
Wards of Nagoya	Atsuta Chikusa Higashi Kita Meitō Midori Minami Minato Mizuho Moriyama Naka Nakagawa Nakamura Nishi Shōwa Tempaku
Core cities	Okazaki Toyohashi Toyota
Special cities	Ichinomiya Kasugai
Cities	Aisai Ama Anjō Chiryū Chita Gamagōri Handa Hekinan Inazawa Inuyama Iwakura Kariya Kitanagoya Kiyosu Komaki Kōnan Miyoshi Nagakute Nishio Nisshin Ōbu Owariasahi Seto Shinshiro Tahara Takahama Tokoname Tōkai Toyoake Toyokawa Tsushima Yatomi
Aichi District	Tōgō
Ama District	Kanie Ōharu Tobishima
Chita District	Agui Higashiura Mihama Minamichita Taketoyo
Kitashitara District	Shitara Tōei Toyone
Nishikasugai District	Toyoyama
Niwa District	Fusō Ōguchi
Nukata District	Kōta
List of mergers in Aichi Prefecture