, or officially is a district of Chiyoda,

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, consisting of 1-''

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'' and 2-''chōme''. As of April 1, 2007, the district's population is 543. Awajichō is located in the northern part of Chiyoda. It borders

Soto-Kanda is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts in Chiyoda. There exists an administrative district ...

to the north, Kanda-Sudachō to the east, Kanda-Ogawamachi to the south, and Kanda-Surugadai to the west.

Companies based in Awajichō

DIC Corporation is Japanese chemical company, specializing in the development, manufacture and sale of inks, pigments, polymers, specialty plastics and compounds and biochemicals. It was founded in 1908 as Kawamura Ink Manufactory, renamed to Kawamura Kijuro ...

, a global

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is headquartered in the district.

Education

operates public elementary and junior high schools. Shōhei Elementary School (千代田区立昌平小学校) is the zoned elementary school for Kanda-Awajichō 1-2

. There is a freedom of choice system for junior high schools in Chiyoda Ward, and so there are no specific junior high school zones.

References

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