Yokosuka, Kanagawa
Yokosuka (横須賀市, Yokosuka-shi) is a city in Kanagawa, Japan. It is at the beginning of the Tokyo Bay in the Miura Peninsula. The city stretches across the peninsula to Sagami Bay.
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| Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture | |
| Coordinates: 35°16′53.4″N 139°40′19.5″E / 35.281500°N 139.672083°E | |
| Country | 22x20px Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Katsuaki Kamiji |
| Area | |
| • Total | 100.8 km2 (38.9 sq mi) |
| Population (October 1, 2020) | |
| • Total | 388,078 |
| • Density | 3,850/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 |
| Postal code | 238-8550 |
| Website | Official website |
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| Kanji | 横須賀市 | ||||
| Hiragana | よこすかし | ||||
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It has been recognized as a core city since 2001.[1]
Yokosuka, Kanagawa Media
- Yokosuka Japan and Mt. Fuji (横須賀と富士山の景).jpg
View of Mount Fuji and downtown Yokosuka, seen from Uraga Channel
- YokosukaConstruction.jpg
Construction of the Yokosuka arsenal c. 1870
- YokosukaBase.JPG
The U.S. Navy base at Yokosuka
- Yokosuka Museum of Art 2009.jpg
Yokosuka Museum of Art, design by Riken Yamamoto in 2007
References
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.
Other websites
16x16px Media related to Yokosuka, Kanagawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Yokosuka Naval Base Community Website Archived 2008-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Official website Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Yokosuka U.S. Navy base official website Archived 2009-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- 16x16px Geographic data related to Yokosuka, Kanagawa at OpenStreetMap
