Edogawa, Tokyo

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Edogawa 江戸川区
Special ward
Edogawa City[1]
Furukawa Waterside Park in Edogawa
Flag Emblem
Location of Edogawa in Tokyo Metropolis
Edogawa Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°42′N 139°53′E / 35.700°N 139.883°E / 35.700; 139.883
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Tokyo Metropolis
First official recorded	721 AD
As City of Tokyo	October 1, 1932
As Special ward of Tokyo	July 1, 1943
Government
• Mayor	Takeshi Saitō (since April 2019)
Area
• Total	49.90 km2 (19.27 sq mi)
Population  (October 1, 2020[2])
• Total	697,932
• Density	13,986/km2 (36,220/sq mi)
Ethnic groups 97~99.5% Japanese 0.5% Indian
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Climate	Cfa
Website	www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp
Symbols
Flower	Rhododendron
Tree	Cinnamonum camphora

Edogawa (江戸川区, Edogawa-ku) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It takes its name from the Edo River that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City.

The easternmost of the wards, it shares boundaries with the cities of Urayasu and Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture (to the east) and with the wards of Katsushika (to the north), Sumida and Kōtō (to the west). It meets the city of Matsudo in Chiba at a point.

Edogawa has a sister-city relationship with Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. Domestically, it has friendship ties with the cities of Azumino in Nagano Prefecture and Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture.

As of January 1, 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 695,797, and a population density of 13,925 persons per km². ^{[citation needed]} The total area is 49.90 km².