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Kawasaki

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Also known as Kawasaki City

city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan

AI overview

Kawasaki is a major industrial city located in Kanagawa prefecture, an area near Tokyo in Japan. It has historically been important as a manufacturing and port hub, contributing significantly to Japan's industrial development and economy.

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Instance of
satellite city
Demonym
川崎都民
Country
Japan
Contains
Miyamae-ku
Population
1425512
Area
143.01
Body of water
Tokyo Bay
Shares border with
Machida
Official website
www.city.kawasaki.jp
Image
Kawasaki montage.jpg
Dialing code
44
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twinned administrative body
Bandung
topic's main category
Category:Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Commons category
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
postal code
210-0002–210-0865
category for people born here
Category:Births in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
category of associated people
Category:People from Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Commons gallery
川崎市
native label
川崎市
inception
1924-07-01
located in/on physical feature
Kantō Plain
official symbol
Camellia japonica
social media followers
12500
associated electoral district
Kanagawa 8th district
name in kana
かわさきし
different from
Kawasaki
hashtag
Kawasaki
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Encyclopedic overview

Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the eighth most populated city in Japan (including the Tokyo Metropolitan Area).

As of October 1, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 1,503,690, with 716,470 households, and a population density of 10,000 persons per km. Kawasaki is the only city in Japan with more than one million inhabitants that is not a prefectural capital. The total area is 142.70 km (55.10 sq mi).

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