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Kawasaki, Kanagawa - Definition and Overview |
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- For the Kawasaki company see Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
Kawasaki (Japanese: 川崎市; -shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan.
Kawasaki is located at the mouth of the Tama River. Between Tokyo and Yokohama, its eastern area along Tokyo Bay is the center of Keihin Industrial Area and its western suburb is a residential area for people commuting to Tokyo. Hence, this is one of the principal cities of the Greater Tokyo Area.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 1,290,426 and the density of 9,042.93 persons per km². The total area is 142.70 km².
The Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line, a bridge-tunnel across Tokyo Bay, connects Kawasaki and the city of Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture.
The city was founded on July 1, 1924 and was designated on April 1, 1972 by government ordinance.
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Example Usage of Kawasaki, |
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RICHVANEVERY: Says Yes to shooting custom Kawasaki "Teryx" units in the Valley of Fire. This area is on fire with beauty!! Get |
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JerMawson: wonders how many people Guy Kawasaki employs to come up with so much interesting and useless information |
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tenderslounge: how Guy Kawasaki tweets. and re-tweets. and re-tweets again. http://bit.ly/4gC7F1 |
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