| Kōnan | |
| Official Name: | Kōnan Ward |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | Ward |
| Image Map1: | Yokohama-Konan-ku.PNG |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Kōnan in Kanagawa |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 35.4006°N 139.5914°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kantō |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kanagawa |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Yokohama |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.87 |
| Population Total: | 221536 |
| Population As Of: | February 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | 11500 |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Symbols |
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| Blank1 Name Sec1: | • Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Holly |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | • Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Sunflower, Chinese bellflower, and hydrangea |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | • Bird |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Great tit |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 045-847-8484 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Kōnan-chūō-dōri 10-1, Kōnan-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 233-0004 |
| Website: | Kōnan Ward Office |
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 221,536 and a density of 11,150 persons per km2. The total area was 19.87 km2.
Kōnan is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and south of the geographic center of the city of Yokohama.
The area around present-day Kōnan Ward was part of Kuraki District in Musashi Province until the end of the Edo period, and was tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate, but administered through various hatamoto.
After the Meiji Restoration, the area was transferred to the new Kanagawa Prefecture, and during the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, Kamiooka village and several other villages were established. On October 1, 1927 the area was annexed by the neighboring city of Yokohama, becoming part of Naka Ward. The Shōnan Electric Railway, the predecessor to the Keikyū Main Line began operations from April 1, 1935 leading to the rapid urbanization of the area. In a major administrative reorganization of October 1, 1969, Kōnan was separated from Naka Ward, and became an independent Ward within Yokohama. The population exceeded 100,000 in ay 1970, and 200,000 in June 1984.
Kōnan Ward is largely a regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Yokohama and Tokyo.
College:
Prefectural high schools are operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education. Prefectural senior high schools:
Municipal junior-senior high schools are operated by the .
Private high schools:
The municipal board of education also operates public elementary and junior high schools.
Municipal junior high schools:[1]
Former junior high schools:
Elementary schools:[3]
Additionally, Fujinoki Elementary School (藤の木小学校), Shiomidai Elementary School (汐見台小学校), and Yōkōdai-Daisan (No. 3) Elementary School (洋光台第三小学校), outside of Konan-ku, have attendance zones including parts of Konan-ku.[4]