What is Kōtō?
[[Image:Flag of Koto, Tokyo.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Emblem of Koto, Tokyo.svg|thumb|90px|Emblem]] {{nihongo|'''Kōtō'''|江東区|Kōtō-ku}} is one of the [[Special wards of Tokyo|23 special wards]] of [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The population was 498,109 in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:江東区|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B1%9F%E6%9D%B1%E5%8C%BA-62845|website=[[Kotobank]]|publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|access-date=2020-08-03|language=ja}}</ref> [[File:Tokyo-koto-ward.png|thumb|Where Koto ward is in Tokyo ]] On 15 March 1947, the ward of Kōtō was formed by combining the wards of [[Fukagawa, Tokyo|Fukagawa]] and [[Jōtō, Tokyo|Jōtō]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soumu.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/01soumu/archives/0714tokyo_ku.htm|script-title=ja:大東京35区物語～15区から23区へ～東京23区の歴史|publisher=[[Tokyo Metropolitan Archives]]|access-date=2020-08-03|archive-date=2020-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617044050/https://www.soumu.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/01soumu/archives/0714tokyo_ku.htm|language=ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Official website|http://www.city.koto.lg.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}} {{Tokyo}} [[Category:Wards of Tokyo]] [[Category:1947 establishments in Japan]] {{Japan-stub}}