Kanagawa Prefectur

Kanagawa Prefecture

神奈川県
Japanese transcription(s)
 • Japanese神奈川県
 • RōmajiKanagawa-ken
Official logo of Kanagawa Prefecture
Seembol
Location of Kanagawa Prefecture
Coordinates: 35°26′51.03″N 139°38′32.44″E / 35.4475083°N 139.6423444°E / 35.4475083; 139.6423444Coordinates: 35°26′51.03″N 139°38′32.44″E / 35.4475083°N 139.6423444°E / 35.4475083; 139.6423444
KintraJapan
RegionKantō
IslandHonshu
CaipitalYokohama
Govrenment
 • GovrenorYuji Kuroiwa (syne Aprile 2011)
Area
 • Total2,415.84 km2 (932.76 sq mi)
Area rank43rd
Population
 (1 September 2010)
 • Total9,029,996
 • Rank2nd
 • Density3740/km2 (9,700/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeJP-14
Destricts6
Municipalities33
FlouerGolden-rayed lily (Lilium auratum)
TreeGinkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
BirdCommon gull (Larus canus)
Websitewww.pref.kanagawa.jp/
Minato Mirai 21

Kanagawa Prefectur (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken) is a prefectur locatit in the soothren Kantō region o Japan.[1] The caipital is Yokohama.[2] Kanagawa is pairt o the Greater Tokyo Aurie.

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanagawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 466 at Google Books; "Kantō" in p. 479 at Google Books.
  2. Nussbaum, "Yokohama" in pp. 1054-1055 at Google Books.

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