Western Tokyo , known as the Tama area ( 多摩地域 , Tama chiiki ) , Tama region ( 多摩地方 , Tama-chihō ) or toka ( 都下 ) locally, 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 .
4-648: 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 . Whereas in the east of Tokyo Metropolis the 23 special wards occupy the area that was formerly Tokyo City , the west consists of 30 other ordinary municipalities: cities (Nos. 1–26), towns (Nos. 27, 28, 30) and
8-556: A village (No. 29). The towns of Hinode , Mizuho , and Okutama , and the village of Hinohara make up the non-contiguous Nishitama District . The offshore islands of Tokyo (including the Bonin , Volcano , Izu island chains, and the uninhabited islands of Okinotorishima and Minamitorishima ) are not considered part of Western Tokyo. Under the Ritsuryō system, Western Tokyo was part of Musashi Province . The provincial capital
12-538: The village of Hinohara and the following three towns: Historically, the cities of Ōme , Fussa , Hamura , and Akiruno were parts of Nishitama District but these were broken off from the district after they were elevated to city status. Each of the towns and villages operates separate public elementary and junior high school systems. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates Mizuho Nougei High School in Mizuho. The school district also operates
16-502: Was at Fuchū. The provincial temple ( kokubunji ) was at Kokubunji and the principal shrine ( ichinomiya ) was at Tama. Western Tokyo previously consisted of three districts : This Tokyo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nishitama District, Kanagawa Nishitama ( 西多摩郡 , Nishitama-gun , West Tama) is a district located in Tokyo Metropolis , Japan . It comprises
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