Sakae-ku, Yokohama
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Sakae 栄区 |
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| Sakae Ward | ||
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 Location of Sakae in Kanagawa |
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 Sakae
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| Coordinates: 35°21′52″N 139°33′15″E / 35.36444°N 139.55417°ECoordinates: 35°21′52″N 139°33′15″E / 35.36444°N 139.55417°E | ||
| Country | Japan | |
| Region | Kantō | |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa | |
| City | Yokohama | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 18.55 km2 (7.16 sq mi) | |
| Population (February 2010) | ||
| • Total | 124,845 | |
| • Density | 6,750/km2 (17,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | |
| - Flower | Chrysanthemum | |
| Address | 303-19 Katsura-chō, Sakae-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 247-0005 |
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| Website | Sakae Ward Office | |
Sakae-ku (栄区?) 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 124,845 and a density of 6,750 persons per km². The total area was 18.55 km².
Sakae Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and on the southwestern borders of the city of Yokohama. The area is largely flatland, with scattered small hills.
The area around present-day Sakae Ward has been inhabited continuously for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jomon period, house ruins from the Yayoi period and tombs from the Kofun period at numerous locations in the area. Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, it became part of Kamakura District in Sagami Province. By the Kamakura period, much of the area was farmland supporting the population of nearby Kamakura. Most of the area came under the control of the Nagao clan, the ancestors of the Uesugi clan. During the Edo period, the territory came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was administered as tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto.
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