Ōta, Tokyo

Ōta

大田区
Ōta 大田区
Special ward
	Ōta Ward
	Night view of Kamata, Ōta
	Flag Seal
	Location of Ōta in Tokyo Metropolis
	Ōta Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 35°33′41″N 139°42′58″E / 35.56139°N 139.71611°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo Metropolis
Government
• Mayor	Tadayoshi Matsubara (since April 2007)
Area
• Total	59.46 km2 (22.96 sq mi)
Population (June 1, 2016)
• Total	716,413
• Density	12,048.65/km2 (31,205.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	5-13-14 Kamata; 144-8621
Website	www.city.ota.tokyo.jp (jp); ota-tokyo.com (en);
Symbols
Bird	Cettia diphone
Flower	Prunus mume
Tree	Cinnamomum camphora

Ōta (大田区, Ōta-ku) is one of the 23 special wards in Tokyo, Japan.

The municipality calls itself "Ōta City" in English.

History

Ōta Dōkan was the founder of Edo (now known as Tokyo).

On 15 March 1947, the ward of Ōta was formed by combining the wards of Kamata and Ōmori.

Ōta is a southern ward of Tokyo. Its southern border is the Tama River and the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture. On the north, Ōta borders the special wards of Shinagawa, Meguro and Setagaya. Tokyo Bay is on the east.

↑ Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.
↑ Ōta City; retrieved 2012-4-2.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōta Dōkan" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 762.
↑ 大東京35区物語～15区から23区へ～東京23区の歴史 (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Archives. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

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