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Yokohama
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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.
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
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- 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
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- Official name
- 横浜市
- Demonym
- 横浜都民
- Population
- 3220331
- Area
- 437.71
- Elevation
- 24
- Official website
- www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/lang/residents/other-languages
- 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
- Commons category
- Yokohama
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- 横浜市
- native label
- 横浜市
- inception
- 1889-04-01
- external data available at URL
- www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/seisaku/seisaku/opendata/catalog.html
- social media followers
- 44600
- time of earliest written record
- 1442-00-00
- P8168
- Younghi Pagh-Paan
- hashtag
- Yokohama
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- Etymology
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- 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
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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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