was a
city
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located in
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
As of April 1, 2011, the city had an estimated
population of 61,781, with 26,902 households, and a
population density of 9,932.64 per km
2. The total area was 6.22 km
2, the second smallest among all cities in Japan.
The city was founded on March 1, 1967.
On October 11, 2011, Hatogaya was merged into the expanded city of
Kawaguchi.
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References
External links
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Dissolved municipalities of Saitama Prefecture
Kawaguchi, Saitama
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