Kobe

Kobe 神戸
Designatit ceety
神戸市 · Kobe Ceety
Frae top left: Port o Kobe, Akashi Kaikyō Brig, Kitano-chō, Kobe Cheenaetoun, Nicht View frae Kikuseidai o Mt. Maya, Kobe Port Touer
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Location of Kobe in Hyōgo
Kobe
Coordinates: 34°41′24″N 135°11′44″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

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Japan

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Kobe haes seiven sister ceeties an a number o ither affiliations. They are:

• Seattle, Unitit States (1957)
• Marseille, Fraunce (1961)
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1969)
• Riga, Latvie (1974)
• Brisbane, Australie (1985)
• Barcelona, Spain (1993)
• Incheon, Republic o Korea (2010)