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s of the city of Saitama, 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 ...

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, and is located in the southwestern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated

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of 95,829 and a

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of 5,100 persons per km². Its total area was .

Geography

Sakura Ward is located in the far southwestern corner of Saitama City on the floodplain of the

Arakawa River or Ara River may refer to: * Arakawa River (Kanto), which flows from Saitama Prefecture and through Tokyo to Tokyo Bay * Arakawa River (Uetsu), which flows from Yamagata Prefecture and through Niigata Prefecture to the Sea of Japan. * Arakawa Riv ...

and the Kamo River.

Neighboring Municipalities

Saitama Prefecture * Nishi-ku * Ōmiya-ku * Chūō-ku * Minami-ku * Asaka * Shiki * Fujimi

History

The area of modern Sakura Ward has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and there are many

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burial mounds in the area. The villages of Okubo and Tsuchiai and Miyamoto were created within

Kitaadachi District, Saitama is a district located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of September 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 36,979 and a density of 2,498.58 persons per km2. The total area is 14.80 km2. (These numbers are excluding those of ...

with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On January 1, 1955 these villages were annexed by Urawa City. On May 1, 2001 the cities of Urawa, Yono and Ōmiya merged to form the new city of Saitama. When Saitama was proclaimed a

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in 2003, the area corresponding to former Okubo and most of former became Sakura Ward. The name of Sakura-ku means "Cherry-ward" literally, though it refers to ''Sakura-sō'' ( Japanese primrose), as this area has been well known for wild primrose flowers.

Education

Saitama University Saitama University (埼玉大学, ''Saitama Daigaku'') is a Japanese national university located in a suburban area of Sakura-ku, Saitama City, capital of Saitama Prefecture in Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Founded in 1873, it became a national unive ...

* Sakura-ku has eight elementary schools, four junior high schools, and three high schools and one special education school. Public junior high schools: * Kami Okubo ( 上大久保中学校) * Okubo ( 大久保中学校) * Tajima ( 田島中学校) * Tsuchiai ( 土合中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * Jinde ( 神田小学校) * Nakajima ( 中島小学校) * Okubo ( 大久保小学校) * Okubo Higashi ( 大久保東小学校) * Sakawa ( 栄和小学校) * Shibiraki ( 新開小学校) * Tajima ( 田島小学校) * Tsuchiai ( 土合小学校)

Transportation

Railway

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–

Musashino Line The is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Tsurumi Station in Yokohama with Nishi-Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture, forming a 100.6 km unclosed loop around central Tokyo. Passenger operations a ...

Highway

Shuto Expressway is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels) and central routes have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that requi ...

Ōmiya Route * *

Local attractions

Akigase Park is a park in Japan that occupies a section of flood plain of the Arakawa River, which is located at the western edge of Saitama City. The park covers an area of 100.1ha on the eastern side of the river between its northern boundary, 3 km north o ...

References

External links

{{Authority control Wards of Saitama (city)