is a
district
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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 ( ...
,
Japan
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.
In the 2005 census reports, the district has an estimated
population
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of 89,552.
The total area is 89.77 km
2.
The district consists of three towns:
*
Miyoshi
*
Moroyama
*
Ogose
District timeline
*April 9, 1972: The town of Fukuoka gains city status and is renamed Kamifukuoka.
*April 10, 1972: The town of
Fujimi gains city status.
*September 1, 1976: The town of
Sakado gains city status.
*September 1, 1991: The town of
Tsurugashima gains city status.
*October 1, 1991: The town of
Hidaka gains city status.
*January 1, 2005: The village of
Naguri merges with the city of
Hannō.
*October 1, 2005: The town of
Ōi merges with the city of
Kamifukuoka to create the new city of
Fujimino.
References
Districts in Saitama Prefecture
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