Toyota is a core city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, about 50 minutes from Nagoya, with a population of 426,162 as of October 2019 spread across 918.32 square kilometers, making it the largest municipality in Aichi Prefecture by area. The city was renamed from Koromo to Toyota in 1959 to reflect its close ties to the automobile industry, and it is home to several manufacturing plants of the Toyota Motor Corporation, including the Tsutsumi plant. Its terrain is mountainous in the north and the city has a temperate humid subtropical climate.
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Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Toyota, Aichi (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 422,106 (2021)
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 35.0824,137.1563
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results, elevationQuote, results, elevation
"elevation": 45.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 137.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 137.25
35.25 137.25 Cfa
4. GeoNames: Toyota - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1849814, place matched by name within the country (name and division match)Quote, cities500 record 1849814, place matched by name within the country (name and division match)
35.08333 137.15 P PPLA2 JP 01 1849809 426162 55 Asia/Tokyo
Toyota, Aichi (Wikipedia)
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Toyota (豊田市, Toyota-shi; pronounced [toꜜjota ɕi]), formerly known as Koromo, is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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