Kōhoku-ku (Yokohama)

Kōhoku-ku Municipality of Yokohama
Coordinates	35 ° 31 '9 "  N , 139 ° 37' 59"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 31 '9 "  N , 139 ° 37' 59"  E
surface	31.40 km²
Residents	353,201 (Oct. 1, 2019)
Population density	11,248 inhabitants / km²
Community key	14109-7
Administration address	26-1 Mamedochō, Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama 222-0032
Website	www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kohoku/

Kōhoku-ku ( Japanese 港 北区 ) is one of 18 districts in the Japanese city ​​of Yokohama .

geography

The district is located in the north of Yokohama and has four neighboring districts: Tsuzuki-ku in the west, Tsurumi-ku in the east, and Midori-ku and Kanagawa-ku in the south. In the north and northeast, Kōhoku-ku borders the Takatsu, Nakahara and Saiwai districts of the city of Kawasaki (Kanagawa) . The Kōhoku district has a total of 353,201 inhabitants, making it the most populous of all the districts of Japanese seirei shitei toshi (government-determined Japanese cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants). The 23 districts of Tokyo have a special position and are not counted among the districts in this sense.

The Tōkyū Toyoko Line and the Yokohama Line along are residential and commercial area. There are also green areas with public parks in Kōhoku-ku.

Although the name includes the character " 港 " which means port, the district has no port. The name only refers to the fact that the district is north ( 北 hoku ) of the port of Yokohama. In Kōhoku-ku there are two artificial lakes created for irrigation : Lake Kikuna and Lake Shinohara. In addition, three rivers flow through the district. The Tsurumi, which has its source in Machida and flows into Tokyo Bay in the Tsurumi district of Yokohama , is the largest of these and is one of the "1st order rivers" ( ikkyū kasen ) that the Ministry of Land and Transport considers particularly important .

education

In Kōhoku there are two campuses of Keiō University .

Web links

Commons : Kōhoku-ku (Yokohama)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 政令 指定 都市 と は ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ 日本 の 一級 河川 (List of Ikkyū-kasen in Japan) ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.