Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
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Tsurumi 鶴見区 |
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| Tsurumi Ward | ||
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 Location of Tsurumi in Kanagawa |
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 Tsurumi
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| Coordinates: 35°30′30″N 139°40′57″E / 35.50833°N 139.68250°ECoordinates: 35°30′30″N 139°40′57″E / 35.50833°N 139.68250°E | ||
| Country | Japan | |
| Region | Kantō | |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa | |
| City | Yokohama | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 33.23 km2 (12.83 sq mi) | |
| Population (February 2010) | ||
| • Total | 270,433 | |
| • Density | 8,140/km2 (21,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | |
| - Tree | Lagerstroemia indica | |
| - Flower | Scarlet sage | |
| Address | 3-20-1 Tsurumi-chuō, Tsurumi-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 230-0051 |
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| Website | Tsurumi Ward Office | |
Tsurumi (鶴見区?) (literal translation "place to see crane-district"),is one of the 18 ku (wards) of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 270,433 and a density of 8,140 persons per km². The total area was 33.23 km².
Tsurumi-ku is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, in the northeast corner of the city of Yokohama.
The area around present-day Tsurumi 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, and tombs from the Kofun period at numerous locations in the area. Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, it became part of Musashi Province. 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. During the Bakumatsu period, nearby Kanagawa-juku 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 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-ku). The Namamugi Incident, which led to the 1863 Anglo-Satsuma War, occurred in what is now part of Tsurumi Ward.
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