“This is the Konoha Hospital and the headquarters of the medical department.”
The old man pointed to a group of buildings on the right side of the Hokage Tower, continuing to explain to Chen Yue.
“The building next to the Konoha Hospital is the headquarters of the Konoha Police Force, managed by our Uchiha clan. Your grandfather currently works there.”
Then, the old man's finger moved to the left, finally pointing to a group of buildings on the left side of the Hokage Tower, and said: “That is the Konoha Ninja Academy, the place where you will go to school in a month!”
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Standing on the shadow platform, the old man pointed to the buildings below and kept explaining to Chen Yue. Finally, he even took out a map of the Konoha main city and introduced him to the different areas in detail.
It was through this explanation that he had a clearer understanding of the Konoha Village in the current world.
Konohagakure, although called a village, has actually completely lost the appearance of a village after forty years of development.
Moreover, strictly speaking, the 'village' in Konohagakure is not a synonym for a settlement like a village, but rather a synonym for an organization relative to a country.
Konoha is not just a gathering place for ninjas. On the contrary, because ninjas are completely a non-productive profession, in order to meet the needs of production and life, Konoha Village, in addition to ninjas and their families, also has a large number of ordinary people.
As of now, after forty years of development, the entire Konoha has a population of over 300,000, of which only about 10,000 are registered ninjas.
Of course, this is not all of Konoha's ninja strength. Students who are striving to become ninjas, retired ninjas who have become old or injured, and some private forces of the major ninja clans, etc., if they are really mobilized to the limit, Konoha's ninja numbers should be able to increase by another double.
If we include the samurai that can be requisitioned from the Land of Fire, the number can even double again, but their combat power cannot be guaranteed.
But no matter what, the number of ordinary people in Konoha far exceeds that of ninjas, and to accommodate such a large population, a large city is needed.
However, under the productivity of the ancient background in the current world, even with the extraordinary power of ninjas, it is extremely difficult to create a city that can solve the eating, drinking, and sanitation needs of 300,000 people.
Therefore, Konohagakure has a population of 300,000, but not 300,000 people live in Konoha City, nor do 300,000 people live in the semicircular urban area that Chen Yue is currently standing on the shadow platform and seeing.
At the beginning of the establishment of Konoha, when the new world system of "country and village" was confirmed, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire allocated the original Senju clan territory and the Uchiha clan territory, as well as a large area of land around them, to Konoha as its territory.
This piece of land covers an area of more than 3,500 square kilometers. After forty years of development, it has now become the Konoha main city, where the vast majority of ninjas and over 100,000 people live, the seven border castles on the edge of the ninja village, and hundreds of large and small villages and towns between them, where another 200,000 people live.
The most important of these, the Konoha main city, is roughly divided into seven areas based on the two rivers that flow through the city - the Senju River and the Uchiha River: the Upper City, the Middle City, the Lower City, the Senju Clan Territory, the Uchiha Clan Territory, the Death Forest, and the Suburbs (see map).
The Upper City, the semicircular urban area under the Hokage Rock, is the first urban area built in Konoha. It is roughly divided into three rings.
The innermost area mainly concentrates various administrative institutions of Konoha, such as the Hokage Tower, Konoha Hospital, and Konoha Ninja Academy.
The middle second ring area is the residence of the major ninja clans, a true noble area. The Uchiha clan's residence and the group of buildings that Chen Yue saw after leaving the clan's residence are located in this ring.
The outermost third ring is mainly inhabited by Konoha's elite ninjas, such as the residences of some small families are located here.
In addition, commercial streets and leisure and entertainment facilities such as casinos and bathhouses are also located in the third ring area.
The Middle City and the Lower City are new urban areas that have emerged with the development of Konoha. The two urban areas are not connected to each other, nor are they connected to the Upper City. They are two independent cities.
Both urban areas are square-shaped, with ninjas and ordinary people living together. The Middle City has a larger number of ninjas, while the Lower City has a larger proportion of ordinary people.
The ninjas who live in these two cities are generally considered to be the group of civilian ninjas.
However, although they are mainly composed of civilian ninjas and ordinary people, and the buildings in the city are far less luxurious than those in the Upper City, the actual commercial prosperity is far superior to that of the Upper City.
In addition to the fact that a large population is concentrated in these two urban areas, the main reason is that these two urban areas are actually the only areas in Konoha that are open to the outside world. Merchants and tourists from the entire ninja world can only reach the Middle City.
For most of the time, the Upper City is not open to anyone other than Konoha ninjas.