Yokohama

Yokohama 横浜
—  Designatit ceety  —
横浜市 · Ceety o Yokohama
Frae tap left: Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama Cheenaetoun, Nippon Maru, Yokohama Station, Yokohama Marine Touer
Banner Seal
Location o Yokohama in Kanagawa
Yokohama
Coordinates: 35°26′39″N 139°38′17″E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefectur	Kanagawa
Govrenment
- Mayor	Fumiko Hayashi
Aurie
- Tot	437.38 km2 (168.9 sq mi)
Indwallers (Juin 1, 2012)
- Tot	3,697,894
- Densitie	8,454.6/km2 (21,897.4/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Staundart Time (UTC+9)
Ceety Seembols
- Tree	Camellia, Chinquapin, Sangoju Sasanqua, Ginkgo, Zelkova
- Flouer	Rose
Wabsteid	city.yokohama.lg.jp

Yokohama (横浜市, Yokohama-shi) ( listen^?) is the caipital ceety o Kanagawa Prefectur, the seicont lairgest ceety in Japan efter Tokyo, an the 53rd most populous ceety proper in the warld. It lies on Tokyo Bay, sooth o Tokyo, in the Kantō region o the main island o Honshū. It is a major commercial hub o the Greater Tokyo Area.

Yokohama's population o 3.6 million makes it Japan's lairgest incorporated ceety.

Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port ceety follaein the end o Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19t century, an is today ane o its major ports alang wi Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, an Chiba.

Internaitional relations

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Japan

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Yokohama haes sister-ceety relationships wi these aicht ceeties worldwide:

• Constanţa, Romanie
• Frankfurt, Germany
• Lyon, Fraunce
• Manila, Philippines
• Mumbai, Indie
• Odessa, Ukraine
• San Diego, Unitit States
• Shanghai, Cheenae
• Vancouver, Canadae
• Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico

References

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