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Shinjuku (
Japanese: 新宿区,
Hepburn: Shinjuku-ku, IPA:
[ɕiɲdʑɯkɯ]
ⓘ), officially called
Shinjuku City, is a
special ward of
Tokyo,
Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (
Shinjuku Station) as well as the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administrative center of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government. , the ward has an estimated
population of 346,235 and a
population density of 18,232 people per km
2. The total area is 18.23 km
2. Since the end of
World War II, Shinjuku has become a major secondary center of Tokyo (
fukutoshin), rivaling the original city center in
Marunouchi.