is a
district
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located in eastern
Saitama Prefecture
is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 Square kilometre, km2 ( ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated
population
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of 130,305 and a
population density
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of 629.34 persons per km
2. The total area is 207.05 km
2.
Towns
*
Yorii
Mergers
*On October 1, 2005, the towns of
Ōsato and
Menuma merged into the city of
Kumagaya.
*On January 1, 2006, the towns of
Hanazono,
Kawamoto and
Okabe merged into the city of
Fukaya.
*On February 13, 2007, the town of
Kōnan merged into the city of
Kumagaya.
References
Districts in Saitama Prefecture
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