Saitama Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県)

Saitama prefectural symbol
Capital	Saitama
Region:	Kanto
Island:	Honshu
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 39th 3,797.00 km² 0.5%
Population  - Total (Oct 1, 2000)  - Density	Ranked 5th 6,938,006 1,827/km²
Districts:	9
Municipalities:	90
ISO 3166-2:	JP-11
Symbols
Pref. Flower:	Primrose (Primula sieboldii)
Pref. Tree:	Keyaki tree (Zelkova serrata)
Pref. Bird:	Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県; Saitama-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Saitama.

This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.

History

Geography

Saitama Prefecuture is bordered by Tokyo, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano, and Yamanashi.

Cities

• Ageo
• Asaka
• Chichibu
• Fujimi
• Fukaya
• Gyoda
• Hanno
• Hanyu
• Hasuda
• Hatogaya
• Hidaka
• Higashimatsuyama
• Honjo
• Iruma
• Iwatsuki
• Kamifukuoka
• Kasukabe
• Kawagoe
• Kawaguchi
• Kazo
• Kitamoto
• Koshigaya
• Kounosu
• Kuki
• Kumagaya
• Misato
• Niiza
• Okegawa
• Saitama (capital)
• Sakado
• Satte
• Sayama
• Shiki
• Soka
• Toda
• Tokorozawa
• Tsurugashima
• Wako
• Warabi
• Yashio
• Yoshikawa

Districts

• Chichibu
  • Arakawa
  • Higashichichibu
  • Minano
  • Nagatoro
  • Ogano
  • Otaki
  • Ryokami
  • Yokoze
  • Yoshida
• Hiki
  • Hatoyama
  • Kawajima
  • Namegawa
  • Ogawa
  • Ranzan
  • Tamagawa
  • Tokigawa
  • Yoshimi
• Iruma
  • Miyoshi
  • Moroyama
  • Naguri
  • Ogose
  • Oi
• Kitaadachi
  • Fukiage
  • Ina
• Kitakatsushika
  • Kurihashi
  • Matsubushi
  • Showa
  • Sugito
  • Washimiya
• Kitasaitama
  • Kawasato
  • Kisai
  • Kitakawabe
  • Minamikawara
  • Otone
• Kodama
  • Kamiizumi
  • Kamikawa
  • Kamisato
  • Kodama
  • Misato
• Minamisaitama
  • Miyashiro
  • Shiraoka
  • Shobu
• Osato
  • Hanazono
  • Kawamoto
  • Konan
  • Menuma
  • Okabe
  • Osato
  • Yorii

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Saitama Prefecture's sister state is Ohio.

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Official Saitama Prefecture homepage (http://www.pref.saitama.jp/index_e.html)

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