Shinagawa
Shinagawa
品川区 | |
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| Shinagawa City | |
| Meguro River at Ōsaki, Shinagawa Meguro River at Ōsaki, Shinagawa | |
| Location of Shinagawa in Tokyo Metropolis Location of Shinagawa in Tokyo Metropolis | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo Metropolis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.84 km2 (8.82 sq mi) |
| Population (April 1, 2016) | |
| • Total | 380,293 |
| • Density | 16,510/km2 (42,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Website | www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp |
Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes called Shinagawa City in English.[1]
As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 344,461 and a density of 15,740 persons per km². The total area is 22.72 km².
History[change]
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947 by combining Ebara Ward with the older Shinagawa Ward.[2] Both Ebara Ward and Shinagawa Ward had been created in 1932 when Tokyo City expanded after the Great Kantō earthquake.
Shinagawa is a transport hub with the busy Shinagawa Station nearby in Minato Ward.
Politics and government[change]
Shinagawa is run by a city assembly of 40 elected members.
Foreign embassies and consulates[change]
Embassies[change]
- Indonesia Indonesia
- Colombia Colombia
- Zambia Zambia
- Serbia Serbia
- Thailand Thailand
- Paraguay Paraguay
- Brunei Brunei
- Myanmar Myanmar
- Mauritania Mauritania
Education[change]
Universities[change]
Special colleges[change]
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates two special colleges in Shinagawa:
- Tokyo Metropolitan College of Technology [1] Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology [2]
Sister cities[change]
Shinagawa has sister-city relationships with Auckland in New Zealand, Geneva in Switzerland, and Portland, Maine in the United States.[3]
- Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
- New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand[4]
- China Harbin, People's Republic of China
- Japan Hayakawa, Japan
- United States Portland, Maine
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Related pages[change]
References[change]
- ↑ Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-27.
- ↑
大東京35区物語～15区から23区へ～東京23区の歴史 (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Archives. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 国際交流事業の紹介 | 品川区 Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine ("Introduction to International Relations | Shinagawa") Retrieved on March 10, 2009
- ↑ "Sister Cities". Consulate-General of Japan in Auckland. Embassy of Japan. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
Other websites[change]
- http://www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp/s_foreign/english/kucho.html Archived 2006-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, (in Japanese)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Special wards Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
