Located in the heart of Tokyo's 23 special wards, Chiyoda consists of the Imperial Palace and a surrounding radius of about a kilometer (1000 yards), and is known as the political and financial center of Japan.

), of which the Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park, National Museum of Modern Art, and Yasukuni Shrine take up approximately 2.6 km2 (1 sq.

Chiyoda is known as the economic center of Japan; the districts of Otemachi, Marunouchi and Yurakucho east of the palace (an area colloquially known as "Daimaruyu") house the headquarters of 19 Fortune 500 companies, is the source of roughly 10% of the combined revenue of all Japanese companies,[3] and produced the equivalent of around a quarter of the country's GDP in 2017.

With the seat of the Emperor in the Imperial Palace at the ward's center, many government institutions, such as the National Diet, the Prime Minister's Official Residence, the Supreme Court, ministries in Kasumigaseki, and agencies are also located in Chiyoda, as are Tokyo landmarks such as Yasukuni Shrine and the Nippon Budokan.

The modern Chiyoda ward exhibits contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural divisions.

The south side, bordering Minato, encompasses Hibiya Park and the National Diet Building.

[8] In the 2013 election, no Democrat contested the seat and Uchida won back the district against a Communist and two independents.

[2] Some of the districts in Chiyoda are actually not inhabited, either because they are parks (Hibiya Koen), because they consist only of office buildings (Otemachi or Marunouchi), and/or because they are extremely small.

The list below consists of the many smaller neighborhoods of the Kanda area, for which a modernization of the addressing system has not been enforced yet except Kanda-Sarugakuchō and Kanda-Misakichō.

Per Japanese census data, the population has almost doubled since 2000 after continuous decline.East Imperial Garden, located on the eastern portion of the Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds and housing the castle tower and the outer defense positions of the former Edo Castle, opened to the public in 1968.

Kitanomaru Park, located on Edo Castle's former northern section, has the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art and the Nippon Budokan, a venue for performances.

Imperial Palace Outer Garden, in the front of Nijubashi Bridge, serves as a jogging trail and a tourist site.

[2] 0verflow,[12] Asahi Glass,[13] Bungeishunjū,[14] Calbee,[15] Creatures Inc.,[16] Datam Polystar,[17] DIC Corporation,[18] Dowa Holdings,[19] Furukawa Electric,[20] HAL Laboratory,[21] Hakusensha,[22] Jaleco,[23] The Japan FM Network Company,[24] Japan Freight Railway Company,[25] Japan Post Holdings,[26] JFE Holdings,[27] Kadokawa Corporation,[28] KDDI,[29] Konica Minolta,[30] Kyowa Hakko Kirin,[31] Lixil Group Corporation,[32] Maeda Corporation,[33] Mitsubishi Estate,[34] MCDecaux,[35] Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,[36] Mizuho Financial Group,[37] Nabtesco,[38] Nakano Corporation,[39] New Otani,[40] Nikken Sekkei,[41] Nippon Cable,[42] Nippon Flour Mills,[43] Nippon Paper Industries,[44] Nippon Soda,[45] Nippon Suisan Kaisha,[46] Nitto Boseki,[47] NTT docomo,[48] Orient Watch Company,[49] Seibu Kaihatsu,[50] Seven & i Holdings,[51] Shin-Etsu Chemical,[52] Shogakukan,[53] Shueisha,[54] SMC Corporation,[55] Sony Music Entertainment Japan,[56] Tanaka Kikinzoku Group,[57] Toho,[58] Toho Zinc,[59] Tokio Marine Nichido,[60] Tokuyama Corporation,[61] Tokyo FM,[24] Toppan Printing,[62] Ushio, Inc.,[63] Yamazaki Baking Company,[64] Vie de France,[65] YKK Group,[66] and Yomiuri Shimbun are headquartered in Chiyoda.

[87] Home to the massive Tokyo station with a multitude of subways, railways and long-distance services.

Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education.