Kanagawa

Kanagawa-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of in , . As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 230,401 and a density of 9,650 persons per km2. The total area was 23.88 km2.
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  • Type: Suburb with 239,000 residents
  • Description: one of 18 wards of the City of Yokohama, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kanagawa Ku”, “Kanagawa Ward”, “Kanagawa-ku”, and “Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yokohama Station and Higashi-Kanagawa Station.

Railway station
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is a major interchange railway station in , , Japan. It is the busiest station in and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, serving 760 million passengers a year.

Railway station
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is a junction passenger railway station located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. was the sight of the famous battle of Sekuhara fought between the Oh El and Showagumi clans in 1963.

Railway station
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Station is a passenger railway station located in Kanagawa-ku, , , , operated by the private railway company Keikyū.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kōhoku-ku and Hodogaya.

Suburb
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is one of the 18 wards of the city of in , Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 332,488, with 156,198 households and a population density of 10,588.79 persons per km2. is situated 4½ km north of Kanagawa.

Suburb
Hodogaya-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of in , . As of 2010, Ward had an estimated population of 205,887 and a density of 9,400 inhabitants per square kilometer. The total area was 21.91 km2. is situated 3½ km southwest of Kanagawa.

Suburb
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is one of the 18 wards of the city of in , Japan. In 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 146,563 and a population density of 7,080 persons per km2. The total area was 20.86 km2. is situated 4 km south of Kanagawa.

Kanagawa

Latitude
35.4772° or 35° 28′ 38″ north
Longitude
139.6291° or 139° 37′ 45″ east
Population
239,000
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XFJGH+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2115185595
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1860290
Wiki­data ID
Q1143712
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kanagawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاناغاوا-كو، يوكوهاما”
  • Arabic: “كاناغاوا-كو”
  • Catalan: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Catalan: “Kanagawa”
  • Cebuano: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Chinese: “神奈川区”
  • Chinese: “神奈川區”
  • Czech: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Dutch: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاناجاوا-كو, يوكوهاما”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاناجاوا-كو”
  • Esperanto: “Kanagaŭa kvartalo”
  • Esperanto: “Kanagaŭa-kvartalo”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Kanagavo”
  • French: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • German: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Greek: “Κανάγκαβα-κου”
  • Hungarian: “Kanagava-ku”
  • Irish: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Italian: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Japanese: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Japanese: “かながわく”
  • Japanese: “カナガワク”
  • Japanese: “横浜市神奈川区”
  • Japanese: “神奈川区”
  • Korean: “가나가와구”
  • Persian: “کاناگاوا-کو، یوکوهاما”
  • Persian: “کاناگاوا-کو”
  • Polish: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Polish: “Kanagawa”
  • Portuguese: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Russian: “Канагава”
  • Slovak: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Spanish: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตคานางาวะ”
  • Turkish: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Turkish: “Kanagawa, Yokohama”
  • Ukrainian: “Канаґава-ку”
  • Ukrainian: “Канаґава”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Канаґава”
  • Urdu: “کاناگاوا وارڈ، یوکوہاما”
  • Urdu: “کاناگاوا وارڈ”
  • Venetian: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Kanagawa-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Kanagawa, Yokohama”

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Localities in the Area

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