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Ward in Kantō, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Takatsu-ku (高津区) is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 215,158 and a density of 13,150 persons per km². The total area is 16.38 km².
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Takatsu
高津区 | |
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| Takatsu Ward | |
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Location of Takatsu in Kanagawa | |
  Takatsu | |
| Coordinates: 35°35′58″N 139°36′29″E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Kanagawa |
| City | Kawasaki |
| Established | April 1, 1972 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.38 km2 (6.32 sq mi) |
| Population (March 2010) | |
| • Total | 215,158 |
| • Density | 13,150/km2 (34,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| - Tree | Ume |
| - Flower | Narcissus |
| Address | 2-8-1 Shimosakunobe, Takatsu-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 213-8570 |
| Website | Takatsu Ward Office |
Takatsu Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, in the north-center portion of the city of Kawasaki, bordering on Tokyo. It is bordered to the north by the Tama River.
Mizonokuchi, Futago, Seta, Suwa, Kitamigata, Shimonoge, Hisamoto, Sakado, Kuji, Unane, Shimo-Sakunobe, Kami-Sakunobe, Mukaigaoka, Suenaga, Kajigaya, Shinsaku, Chitose, Chitose-Shin-cho, Shibokuchi, Shibokuchi-Fujimi-dai, Hisasue, Kanigaya, Akutsu, and Nogawa.
Archaeologists have found stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon period at numerous locations in the area. Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, it became part of Tachibana District Musashi Province. By the Heian period it was part of a shōen coming under control the Later Hōjō clan from Odawara in the late Muromachi period. In the Edo period, it was administered as tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto. After the Meiji Restoration, the area was divided into eight villages within Tachibana District in the new Kanagawa Prefecture on April 1, 1889. These areas were annexed by the neighboring city of Kawasaki from 1937-1938. The area became part of a huge government sponsored housing project from the 1950s and 1960s. The area became part of Tama Ward with the division of the city of Kawasaki into wards from April 1972. In July 1982, Miyamae Ward was separated from Takatsu Ward.
Takatsu Ward is largely a regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Kawasaki and Tokyo. Industries are centered on food processing, electronics and precision equipment, and include:[citation needed]
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Municipal junior high schools:[3]
Municipal elementary schools:[4]
There is a North Korean school, Nambu Korean Primary School (南武朝鮮初級学校).[5]
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