Kobe
Appearance
Kobe 神戸 | |
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神戸市 · Kobe Ceety[1] | |
Frae top left: Port o Kobe, Akashi Kaikyō Brig, Kitano-chō, Kobe Cheenaetoun, Nicht View frae Kikuseidai o Mt. Maya, Kobe Port Touer | |
Location of Kobe in Hyōgo | |
Coordinates: 34°41′24″N 135°11′44″E / 34.69000°N 135.19556°ECoordinates: 34°41′24″N 135°11′44″E / 34.69000°N 135.19556°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kansai |
Prefectur | Hyōgo |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Tatsuo Yada |
Area | |
• Total | 552.26 km2 (213.23 sq mi) |
Population (1 August 2011) | |
• Total | 1,545,410 (5t) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
- Tree | Camellia sasanqua |
- Flouer | Hydrangea |
Phone number | 078-331-8181 |
Address | 6-5-1 Kano-chō, Chūō-ku, Kōbe-shi, Hyōgo-ken 650-8570 |
Website | Ceety o Kobe |
Kobe (神戸市 Kōbe-shi), pronooncit kohːbay, is the fift-lairgest ceety in Japan an is the caipital ceety o Hyōgo Prefectur on the soothren side o the main island o Honshū, approximately 30 km (19 mi) wast o Osaka. Wi a population o about 1.5 million, the ceety is pairt o the Keihanshin (Keihanshin) metropolitan aurie alang wi Osaka an Kyoto.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns an sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Kobe haes seiven sister ceeties an a number o ither affiliations.[2] They are:
- Seattle, Unitit States (1957)
- Marseille, Fraunce (1961)
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1969)
- Riga, Latvie (1974)[3]
- Brisbane, Australie (1985)
- Barcelona, Spain (1993)[4]
- Incheon, Republic o Korea (2010)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Kobe's official English name". Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2012.
- ↑ "Sister City, Friendly City, Friendship & Cooperation City" (in Japanese). © 2007-2009 City of Kobe. Retrieved 14 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
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(help) - ↑ "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Archived frae the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 27 Julie 2009.
- ↑ "Barcelona internacional - Ciutats agermanades" (in Spanish). © 2006-2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Archived frae the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 13 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
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