Shinagawa

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes called Shinagawa City in English.Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), "Municipalities within Tokyo" . Retrieved 2012-3-27.

As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 344,461 and a density of 15,740 persons per km². The total area is 22.72 km².

History

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947 by combining Ebara Ward with the older Shinagawa Ward. Both Ebara Ward and Shinagawa Ward had been created in 1932 when Tokyo City expanded after the Great Kantō earthquake.

Shinagawa is a transport hub with the busy Shinagawa Station nearby in Minato Ward.

Politics and government

Shinagawa is run by a city assembly of 40 elected members.

Foreign embassies and consulates
 Embassies 

 Indonesia
 Colombia
 Zambia
 Serbia
 Thailand
 Paraguay
 Brunei
 Myanmar
 Mauritania

Education
Universities
Hoshi University
Rissho University
Seisen University
Showa University
Sugino Women's University

Special colleges
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates two special colleges in Shinagawa:
 Tokyo Metropolitan College of Technology  
 Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology 

Sister cities
Shinagawa has sister-city relationships with Auckland in New Zealand, Geneva in Switzerland, and Portland, Maine in the United States.国際交流事業の紹介 | 品川区  ("Introduction to International Relations | Shinagawa") Retrieved on March 10, 2009
 Geneva, Switzerland
 Auckland, New Zealand
 Harbin, People's Republic of China
 Hayakawa, Japan
 Portland, Maine

Related pages 
 List of special wards of Tokyo
 Capital of Japan

References

Other websites

 http://www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp/s_foreign/english/kucho.html , 
 Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Special wards 

Category:Wards of Tokyo
Category:Settlements in Tokyo Prefecture
Category:1947 establishments in Japan