Nagoya City is located in the western part of Aichi Prefecture, the capital of Aichi County, which is also the center city of Nagoya Metropolitan Area, one of the three major metropolitan areas in Japan, and belongs to one of the six major cities in Japan before World War II. Nagoya is Japan's fourth largest city with a total area of 326.45 square kilometers and a total population of 2,284,000. As an important port city, Nagoya is also one of the five major international trading ports in Japan. China has established the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Nagoya.