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Kanagawa-ku

Kanagawa
神奈川区
Ward
Kanagawa Ward
Flag of Kanagawa
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Location of Kanagawa in  Kanagawa
Location of Kanagawa in Kanagawa
Kanagawa is located in Japan
Kanagawa
Kanagawa
 
Coordinates: 35°28′37″N 139°37′46″E / 35.47694°N 139.62944°E / 35.47694; 139.62944Coordinates: 35°28′37″N 139°37′46″E / 35.47694°N 139.62944°E / 35.47694; 139.62944
Country Japan
Region Kantō
Prefecture Kanagawa
City Yokohama
Area
 • Total 23.88 km2 (9.22 sq mi)
Population (February 2010)
 • Total 230,401
 • Density 9,650/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree Magnolia kobus
- Flower Tulip
Address 3-8 Hirodaiota-chō, Kanagawa-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken
221-0824
Website Kanagawa Ward Office

Kanagawa-ku (神奈川区?) is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. 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.

Kanagawa is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and northeast of the geographic center of the city of Yokohama.

Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, the area that is now Kanagawa Ward became part of Tachibana District in Musashi Province. During the Edo Period, the area was tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto. The area prospered in the Edo period as Kanagawa-juku, a post station on the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto. During the Bakumatsu period, Kanagawa was the location of the signing of the Convention of Kanagawa, which ended Japan’s national isolation policy and led to the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan. The subsequent Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan) led to the establishment of a treaty port for foreign commerce and settlement, which was initially stipulated to be Kanagawa. However, for security reasons, the actual settlement was established at neighboring Yokohama (present day Naka Ward). The Namamugi Incident, which led to the 1863 Anglo-Satsuma War, occurred in Kanagawa.


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