Samukawa

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Samukawa

Nomenclature and Geography

Category: Obec / Město

Summary

Samukawa is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, situated in the central flatlands and traversed by the Sagami River. Founded in 1889, it gained town status in 1940 due to industrial growth linked to the Sagami Line. The former Sagami Naval Arsenal site revealed buried mustard gas in 2002.

Statistics

Area

13.42 km²

Population

48,679

Location