Kanagawa (Kanagawa)
| Kanagawa-machi (incorporated) 神奈川 町 |
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| Geographical location in Japan | |||
| Region : | Kanto | ||
| Prefecture : | Kanagawa | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 28 ' N , 139 ° 37' E | ||
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| Incorporated on: | Apr 1, 1901 | ||
| Incorporated in: | Yokohama | ||
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Kanagawa Town Hall Kanagawa- machi, Tachibana-gun Kanagawa |
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Kanagawa ( Japanese Kanagawa- machi Japanese script 神奈川 町 ) was a city (-machi) in the district (-gun) Tachibana of the Japanese prefecture (-ken) Kanagawa . As a modern community , it consisted of the introduction of the communities in 1889, when they united the premodern cities of Aoki, Kanagawa and part of the village of Shibō ( 芝 生 村 Shibō-mura ; homophonic with 死亡 shibō , death, the name of the resulting district was later on Citizen's wish changed by the city parliament of Yokohama to Sengen-chō). In 1901 it was incorporated into the capital of Kanagawa, the independent city (-shi) Yokohama . Kanagawa was also the seat of Tachibana county government; this was moved in 1901 to the city (-machi) Kawasaki .
The area of the city of Kanagawa extended into today's districts (-ku) Kanagawa and Nishi (west) of Yokohama.
Web links
- Administration of Yokohama-shi: ku administrations of Nishi and Kanagawa , with the latter chronological table on history (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nishi-kuyakusho (Nishi District Administration): 西区 の 町 名 と そ の あ ゆ み ～ さ 行 の 町 名 ～ (Origin of the district names in Nishi-ku, Sa series [in the alphabetical aiueo order system of Japanese]), accessed on August 5, 2020 .