was a
city
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located within
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
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.
As of 2003, the city had an estimated
population
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of 109,580 and the
density
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of 2,229.05 persons per km². The total area was 49.16 km².
On April 1, 2005, Iwatsuki was merged into the expanded city of
Saitama, effectively the former city becomes
Iwatsuki-ku.
The city was founded on July 1, 1954 by turning in
South Saitama District into a district-independent city.
Dissolved municipalities of Saitama Prefecture
Populated places established in 1954
Populated places disestablished in 2005
2005 disestablishments in Japan
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