Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Kawasaki

川崎市
Kawasaki 川崎市
Designated city
	Kawasaki City
	Kawasaki Daishi, Tama River, Lazona Kawasaki Plaza, Musashi-Kosugi area, Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Keihin industrial area
	Flag Seal
	Location of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture
	Kawasaki
	Coordinates: 35°31′N 139°42′E / 35.517°N 139.700°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Kanagawa Prefecture
First official recorded	late 4th century
City Settled	July 1, 1924
Government
• Mayor	Norihiko Fukuda
Area
• Total	143.01 km2 (55.22 sq mi)
Population (January 1, 2020)
• Total	1,531,646
• Density	11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Camellia
- Flower	Azalea
Phone number	044-200-2111
Address	1 Miyamoto-chō, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8577
Website	www.city.kawasaki.jp

Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi), [kawasaki] ^ⓘ; is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the eighth most populated city in Japan (including the Tokyo Metropolitan Area).^[1]

As of October 1, 2017^[update], the city has an estimated population of 1,503,690, with 716,470 households,^[1] and a population density of 10,000 persons per km². Kawasaki is the only city in Japan with more than one million inhabitants that is not a prefectural capital. The total area is 142.70 km² (55.10 sq mi).

^ ^a ^b "Population News of Major Cities". Statistical Information Division, Policy Bureau, City of Yokohama. September 1, 2015. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2017.

[Archived_copy-1] "Population News of Major Cities". Statistical Information Division, Policy Bureau, City of Yokohama. September 1, 2015. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2017.

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