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Kobe

Also known as Kobe City, Kobe-shi, Kōbe-shi, Kōbe

Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in the Kansai region, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about west of Osaka and southwest of Kyoto.

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Kobe is the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan and the country's seventh-largest city, with a population of around 1.5 million people. It is an important port city—the third-largest in Japan—located in the Kansai region on Osaka Bay, and forms part of a major metropolitan area that includes Osaka and Kyoto.

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Settlement.name: Kobe
Settlement.official_name: Kobe City
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture capital and Designated city
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Kobe.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Emblem of Kobe, Hyogo.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Interactive map outlining Kobe
Settlement.image_map1: Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture Ja.svg
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Settlement.map_caption1: Location of Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture
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Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kansai
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hyōgo Prefecture

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Origins
Nara and Heian periods
Kamakura period
Edo period
Meiji period
Modern era
Geography
Wards
Cityscape
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Major companies and institutes
Transportation
Air
Rail
Ropeway
Road
Maritime
Education
Culture
Sports
International relations
Gallery
References
Bibliography
External links

The earliest written records regarding the region come from the , which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201. For most of its history, the area was never a single political entity, even during the Tokugawa period, when the port was controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. Kobe did not exist in its current form until its founding in 1889. Its name comes from . Kobe became one of Japan's designated cities in 1956.

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