Sakae栄区

Sakae-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Sakae (栄区, Sakae-ku) is a ward of Yokohama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 120,194 (2020 census), area 18.52 km². Borders 5 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

栄区

Reading

Sakae-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Yokohama City 横浜市

Prefecture

Kanagawa 神奈川県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

120,194 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-1.6% from 122,171

Area

18.52 km²

Density

6,490 people per km²

Households

52,592

Under 15

11.2%

65 and over

31.8%

Foreign residents

1,174 (1.0%)

Code

14115 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/sakae

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

5 places share a land border with Sakae, 4 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Isogo Ward磯子区
• Kanazawa Ward金沢区
• Totsuka Ward戸塚区
• Konan Ward港南区
• Kamakura City鎌倉市

Questions about Sakae

Is Sakae a city?

Sakae (栄区) is a ward of Yokohama (横浜市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Sakae?

Sakae is inside Yokohama (横浜市), in Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Sakae?

120,194 at the 2020 census, down 1.6% from 122,171 in 2015. The area is 18.52 km², which is 6,490 people per km². 52,592 households. 31.8% of residents are 65 or older and 11.2% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Sakae?

Five: Isogo Ward (磯子区), Kanazawa Ward (金沢区), Totsuka Ward (戸塚区), Konan Ward (港南区), and Kamakura City (鎌倉市). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Sakae in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Sakae written in Japanese?

栄区, read Sakae-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Sakae begin?

神奈川県横浜市栄区… (Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Sakae-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.