is a

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located in

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 ( ...

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. , the city had an estimated

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of 112,211 in 53,051 households and a

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of 5700 persons per km². The total area of the city is .

Geography

Located in southwestern Saitama Prefecture, Fujimi is in the middle of the

Kantō plain The , in the Kantō region of central Honshu, is the largest plain in Japan. Its 17,000 km2 covers more than half of the region extending over Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefe ...

with an average altitude of 8 to 21 meters above sea level. It is approximately 10 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Saitama and 30 kilometers from downtown Tokyo. The northeastern half of the city area is a lowland with the Arakawa and Shingashi Rivers, and the southwestern half part of the

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. The urban area is primarily in the southwest. The city has approximate dimensions of 7.0 kilometers from east-to-west and 6.8 kilometers from north-to-south.

Surrounding municipalities

** Fujimino ** Kawagoe ** Miyoshi ** Saitama ** Shiki

Climate

Fujimi has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Fujimi is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1426 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Fujimi expanded rapidly in the late 20th century and has grown at a slower rate in the 21st.

History

The area of modern Fujimi is part of ancient

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. The villages of Tsuruse and Nanbata created within Iruma District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The village of Fujimi was created on September 30, 1956, by the merger of the villages of Tsuruse and Nanbata with the village of Mizutani from Kitaadachi District. Large scale

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projects and

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developments in the 1960s and 1970s led to a rapid increase in population, and Fujimi attained town status on April 1, 1964, and city status on April 10, 1972.

Government

Fujimi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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city council of 21 members. Fujimi contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 7th district of the

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of the

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Elections

* 2008 Fujimi mayoral election

Economy

Due to this location, Fujimi is primarily a

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with over 30% of its population commuting to the Tokyo metropolis for work.

Education

Fujimi has 11 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education. In addition, the prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

Transportation

Railway

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Tōbu Tōjō Line The is a suburban railway line in Japan which runs from Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo to Yorii Station in Yorii, Saitama, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Its official name is the , but it is referred to as on T ...

* - -

Highway

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Sister cities

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, Serbia

Local attractions

* Mizuko Shell Midden archaeological site *Site of Nambada Castle

Noted people from Fujimi

* Ryota Imanari, professional baseball player *

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, actor * Yumi Matsuzawa, musician

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Cities in Saitama Prefecture