is a

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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 town had an estimated

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of 44,928 in 18,907 households and a

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of 3000 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Located in central-east Saitama Prefecture, Ina is in the flatlands 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 ...

s.The Ayase River runs along the eastern border, and the Haraichi Numa River runs along the western border. About 60% of the town area is located on the Omiya plateau, and the rest is the alluvial plain. The highest point in the town area is 19 meters above sea level.

Surrounding municipalities

Ageo 260px, Ageo Maruyama Park is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of February 1, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 230,041 in 107,555 households and a population density of 5100 persons per km2. The total area of the city ...

Hasuda is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,337 in 28,406 households and a population density of 2248 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Located in east-central Saitama Pre ...

* Okegawa

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Ina population statistics
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History

During the early

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

, Ina was home to the short-lived (1590-1619) Komuro Domain founded by

Ina Tadatsugu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period and Edo period.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Ina" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 15 retrieved 2013-4-1 ...

. It was afterward ruled as ''

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'' territory under the direct control of the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...

. The villages of Komuro and Kobari were created in

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 F ...

with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. They were merged on July 15, 1943 to form the village of Ina. Ina was elevated to town status on November 1, 1970.

Government

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

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town council of 16 members. Ina, together with the city of Ageo, contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of

Saitama 6th district Saitama 6th district (埼玉県第6区, ''Saitama-ken dai-rokku '' or simply 埼玉6区, ''Saitama-ken rokku '') is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives in the national National Diet, Diet ...

of the

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of the

Diet of Japan , transcription_name = ''Kokkai'' , legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet , coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg , house_type = Bicameral , houses = , foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type ...

Economy

The economy of Ina is primarily agricultural.

Education

Nihon Pharmaceutical University is a private university in Ina, Saitama, Japan, established in 2004. External links Official website
Educational institutions established in 2004 Private universities and colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Saitama Prefectur ...

*Ina has four public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the town government, and one combined public middle/high schools operated by the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education. The town also has one private combined middle/high school and one private high school.

Transportation

Railway

Saitama New Urban Transit -

New Shuttle The is a manually driven rubber-tyred Automated guideway transit, people mover system in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by . The that runs north from Ōmiya Station (Saitama), Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama, alongside the Tohoku Shin ...

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Highway

Ina is not served by any expressways or public highways

Local attractions

*Saitama Cancer Center *Saitama Prefectural Mental Health Center

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Towns in Saitama Prefecture Ina, Saitama