was a town located in Ōsato District,

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 ...

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. As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 12,120 and a density of 556.7 persons per km². The total area was 21.77 km². On January 1, 2006, Kawamoto, along with the towns of Hanazono and Okabe (all from Ōsato District), was merged into the expanded city of

Fukaya is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 229,517 in 142,803 households in 60804 households and a population density of 1023 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It is famous for a ...

External links

Official website of Fukaya
Dissolved municipalities of Saitama Prefecture Fukaya, Saitama {{Saitama-geo-stub