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Yokohama

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Also known as Yokohama City

is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone.

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Yokohama is Japan's second-largest city by both population and area, with 3.7 million residents, located south of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture. It serves as a major economic, cultural, and commercial center for the Greater Tokyo Area and the surrounding Keihin Industrial Zone.

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Yokohama
Settlement.official_name
City of Yokohama
Settlement.settlement_type
Prefecture capital and Designated city
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Yokohama, Japan.svg
Settlement.flag_size
120px
Settlement.image_seal
横浜市き章.svg
Settlement.seal_type
Emblem
Settlement.image_map1
Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture Ja.svg
Settlement.map_caption1
Map of Kanagawa Prefecture with Yokohama highlighted in purple
Settlement.pushpin_map
Japan#Asia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
 
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kantō
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kanagawa
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

横浜市 - トップページ

横浜市の公式ウェブサイトです。くらしに関わる各種手続きの案内や、イベント、ビジネス、市政の情報を掲載しています。

city.yokohama.lg.jp

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
commuter town
Official name
横浜市
Demonym
横浜都民
Country
Japan
Contains
Naka-ku
Continent
Asia
Capital
Naka-ku
Population
3220331
Area
437.71
Elevation
24
Time zone
UTC+09:00
Head of government
Takeharu Yamanaka
Shares border with
Machida
Image
Minato-mirai from Yamashita Park at night.jpg
Dialing code
45
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name in kana
よこはまし
postal code
221-0001–221-0866
category for films shot at this location
Category:Films shot in Yokohama
twinned administrative body
Callao
category of associated people
Category:People from Yokohama
Commons category
Yokohama
topic's main category
Category:Yokohama
Commons gallery
横浜市
category for people born here
Category:Births in Yokohama
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Yokohama
native label
横浜市
inception
1889-04-01
located in/on physical feature
Kantō Plain
social media followers
44600
different from
Yokosuka
time of earliest written record
1442-00-00
official symbol
Zelkova serrata
top-level Internet domain
.yokohama
associated electoral district
Kanagawa 19th district
hashtag
Yokohama
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

38 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Opening of the Treaty Port (1859–1868)
  • Meiji and Taisho eras (1868–1923)
  • Great Kantō earthquake and World War II (1923–1945)
  • Postwar growth and development
  • Geography
  • Topography
  • Geology
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Immigration
  • Administration
  • Municipal administration
  • Wards
  • Economy
  • Major companies headquartered
  • Culture and sights
  • Museums
  • Gallery
  • Sports
  • Transport
  • Air transport
  • Maritime transport
  • Rail transport
  • Railway stations
  • Education
  • In popular culture
  • International relations
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Partner cities
  • Sister ports
  • Notable people
  • Notes
  • References
  • Citations
  • Sources
  • External links

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===Partner cities=== Abidjan, Ivory Coast Beijing, China, since May 2006 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, since June 2008 Busan, South Korea, since June 2006 Da Nang, Vietnam, since January 2024 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, since September 2011 Hanoi, Vietnam, since November 2007 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, since October 2007 Hue, Vietnam, since March 2024 Incheon, South Korea, since December 2009 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia, since August 2016 Taipei, Taiwan, since May 2006 Tel Aviv, Israel, since July 2012 Tianjin, China, since May 2008

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