Yokohama
Appearance
Yokohama 横浜 | |
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横浜市 · Ceety o Yokohama[1] | |
Frae tap left: Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama Cheenaetoun, Nippon Maru, Yokohama Station, Yokohama Marine Touer | |
Location o Yokohama in Kanagawa | |
Coordinates: 35°26′39″N 139°38′17″E / 35.44417°N 139.63806°ECoordinates: 35°26′39″N 139°38′17″E / 35.44417°N 139.63806°E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Kantō |
Prefectur | Kanagawa |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Takeharu Yamanaka |
Area | |
• Total | 437.38 km2 (168.87 sq mi) |
Population (Juin 1, 2012) | |
• Total | 3,697,894 |
• Density | 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
- Tree | Camellia, Chinquapin, Sangoju Sasanqua, Ginkgo, Zelkova |
- Flouer | Rose |
Website | www |
Yokohama (横浜市 Yokohama-shi) (listen (help·info)) is the caipital city o Kanagawa Prefectur, the seicont maistmuckle city in Japan efter Tokyo, an the 53rd maist populous city proper in the warld. It lees 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 maks it Japan's lairgest incorporatit city.
Yokohama developit rapidly as Japan's prominent port ceety follaein the end o Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19t century, an is thir days ane o its major ports alang wi Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, an Chiba.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister cities
[eedit | eedit soorce]Yokohama haes sister-ceety relationships wi these aicht ceeties worldwide:[2]
- Constanţa, Romanie
- Frankfurt, Germany[3]
- Lyon, Fraunce[4]
- Manila, Philippines
- Mumbai, Indie
- Odessa, Ukraine
- San Diego, Unitit States
- Shanghai, Cheenae
- Vancouver, Canadae[5]
- Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Yokohama official web side Archived 2009-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)
- ↑ "Eight Cities/Six Ports: Yokohama's Sister Cities/Sister Ports". Yokohama Convention & Visitiors Bureau. Archived frae the original on 5 Mey 2009. Retrieved 18 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
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(help) - ↑ "Frankfurt am Main: Yokohama". 2011 Stadt Frankfurt am Main. Archived frae the original on 24 Mey 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ↑ "Partner Cities of Lyon and Greater Lyon". 2008 Mairie de Lyon. Archived frae the original on 19 Julie 2009. Retrieved 17 Julie 2009.
- ↑ "Vancouver Twinning Relationships" (PDF). City of Vancouver. Retrieved 18 Julie 2009.
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