Yokosuka, Kanagawa
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横須賀市 | |
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Coordinates: 35°16′53.4″N 139°40′19.5″E / 35.281500°N 139.672083°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kantō |
Prefecture | |
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 |
Yokosuka | |||||
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Japanese name | |||||
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
View of Mount Fuji and downtown Yokosuka, seen from Uraga Channel
The U.S. Navy base at Yokosuka
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
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
- Geographic data related to Yokosuka, Kanagawa at OpenStreetMap