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Yokosuka (横須賀市; -shi) is a
city located in
Kanagawa,
Japan.
It is located at the mouth of
Tokyo Bay on
Miura Peninsula. Developed amd used as a base by the
Imperial Japanese Navy up to
1945, it now has bases of the
United States Navy and the Maritime
Self-Defense Force of Japan.
As of
2003, the city has an estimated
population of 431,332 and the
density of 4,286.74 persons per
km². The total area is 100.62 km².
The
Yokosuka Iron Foundry was established on the site of the city in
1865, and in
1866 the French engineer
Franηois Lιons Verny came to Yokosuka and spent the next ten years
supervising the development of
shipbuilding facilities. The city itself was incorporated in
1907.
Koizumi Junichiro was born in Yokosuka.
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