List of Special Wards
| Name | Kanji | Population (as of June 2007) |
Density (/km²) |
Area (km²) |
Major districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adachi | 足立区 | 629,392 | 11,830.68 | 53.20 | Ayase, Kitasenju, Takenotsuka |
| Arakawa | 荒川区 | 194,777 | 18,262.25 | 10.20 | Arakawa, Machiya, Nippori, Minamisenju |
| Bunkyō | 文京区 | 194,933 | 16,009.28 | 11.31 | Hongō, Yayoi, Hakusan |
| Chiyoda | 千代田区 | 43,802 | 3,763.06 | 11.64 | Nagatachō, Kasumigaseki, Ōtemachi, Marunouchi, Akihabara, Yūrakuchō, Iidabashi |
| Chūō | 中央区 | 104,997 | 10,344.53 | 10.15 | Nihonbashi, Kayabachō, Ginza, Tsukiji, Hatchōbori, Shinkawa, Tsukishima, Kachidoki, Tsukuda, |
| Edogawa | 江戸川区 | 661,386 | 13,264.86 | 49.86 | Kasai, Koiwa |
| Itabashi | 板橋区 | 529,059 | 16,445.72 | 32.17 | Itabashi, Takashimadaira |
| Katsushika | 葛飾区 | 428,066 | 12,286.62 | 34.84 | Tateishi, Aoto |
| Kita | 北区 | 330,646 | 15,885.67 | 20.59 | Akabane, Ōji, Tabata |
| Kōtō | 江東区 | 436,337 | 10,963.24 | 39.8 | Kiba, Ariake, Kameido, Tōyōchō, Monzennakachō, Fukagawa, Kiyosumi, Shirakawa, Etchūjima, Sunamachi, Aomi |
| Meguro | 目黒区 | 267,798 | 18,217.55 | 14.70 | Meguro, Nakameguro, Jiyugaoka |
| Minato | 港区 | 205,196 | 10,088.30 | 20.34 | Odaiba, Shinbashi, Shinagawa, Roppongi, Toranomon, Aoyama, Azabu, Hamamatsuchō, Tamachi |
| Nakano | 中野区 | 312,939 | 20,097.82 | 15.59 | Nakano |
| Nerima | 練馬区 | 702,202 | 14,580.61 | 48.16 | Nerima, Ōizumi, Hikarigaoka |
| OtaŌta | 大田区 | 674,590 | 11,345.27 | 59.46 | Ōmori, Kamata, Haneda, Den-en-chōfu |
| Setagaya | 世田谷区 | 855,416 | 14,728.23 | 58.08 | Setagaya, Kitazawa, Kinuta, Karasuyama, Tamagawa |
| Shibuya | 渋谷区 | 205,512 | 13,337.13 | 15.11 | Shibuya, Ebisu, Harajuku, Hiroo, Sendagaya, Yoyogi |
| Shinagawa | 品川区 | 353,887 | 15,576.01 | 22.72 | Shinagawa, Gotanda, Ōsaki, Hatanodai, Ōimachi |
| Shinjuku | 新宿区 | 309,463 | 16,975.48 | 18.23 | Shinjuku, Takadanobaba, Ōkubo, Kagurazaka, Ichigaya |
| Suginami | 杉並区 | 534,981 | 15,725.49 | 34.02 | Kōenji, Asagaya, Ogikubo |
| Sumida | 墨田区 | 237,433 | 16,079.49 | 13.75 | Kinshichō, Morishita, Ryōgoku |
| Taitō | 台東区 | 168,277 | 16,139.38 | 10.08 | Ueno, Asakusa |
| Toshima | 豊島区 | 256,009 | 19,428.44 | 13.01 | Ikebukuro, Komagome, Senkawa, Sugamo |
| Overall | 8,637,098 | 13,890.25 | 621.81 | ||
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