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930:Saki Shimizu
864:Akina Minami
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892:Erina Mano
880:Ami Suzuki
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1438:Core city
1106:March 11,
954:, Actress
836:Zama Park
723:Education
658:Camp Zama
384:Geography
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282:Sunflower
271:Osmanthus
242:Time zone
1698:Enoshima
1661:Ninomiya
1637:Samukawa
1625:Yugawara
1620:Manazuru
1603:Yamakita
1571:Kiyokawa
1525:Kamakura
1510:Fujisawa
1446:Yokosuka
1370:Nakahara
1360:Kawasaki
1340:Kawasaki
1262:Kanazawa
1257:Kanagawa
1242:Hodogaya
1215:Yokohama
1200:Yokohama
942:, Singer
613:hatamoto
442:(Köppen
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278:• Flower
201:Kanagawa
146:139°24′E
1588:Matsuda
1520:Isehara
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1380:Takatsu
1365:Miyamae
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1312:Tsurumi
1307:Totsuka
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568:History
558:132,325
547:129,436
536:125,694
525:112,102
506:+268.3%
434:Climate
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228:130,667
172:Country
143:35°29′N
1693:Shōnan
1649:Hayama
1615:Hakone
1583:Kaisei
1566:Aikawa
1515:Hadano
1493:Cities
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1464:Atsugi
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1375:Saiwai
1282:Minami
1277:Midori
1267:Kōhoku
908:Koyuki
665:Nissan
595:tenryō
539:+12.1%
528:+19.9%
517:+64.8%
514:93,503
503:56,727
495:+30.4%
492:15,402
481:11,810
423:Yamato
418:Atsugi
380:base.
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1545:Zushi
1535:Miura
1505:Ebina
1500:Ayase
1407:Wards
1348:Wards
1297:Sakae
1292:Nishi
1272:Kōnan
1252:Izumi
1247:Isogo
1237:Asahi
1224:Wards
968:Riize
934:Tokyo
850:Onsen
782:Iriya
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1666:Ōiso
1540:Zama
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1108:2016
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