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 town had an estimated

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of 19,653 in 8105 households and a

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of 470 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Kawajima is located in the Arakawa River drainage basis in central Saitama Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

* Ageo * Higshimatsuyama * Kawagoe * Kitamoto * Okegawa * Sakado * Yoshimi

Climate

Kawajima 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 Kawajima is 14.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1448 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.0 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Kawajima population statistics
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History

The village of Kawajima was created on November 3, 1954 by the merger of the villages of Nakamura, Igusa, Mionoya, Demaru, Yatsuho, and Omino. It was elevated to town status on November 3, 1972.

Government

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

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town council of 14 members. Kawajima, together with the city of Higashimatsuyama and the town of Yoshimi, contributes two members to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Saitama 10th district of the

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of the

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Economy

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has an assembly plant in Kawajima, which is a major local employer.

Education

Kawajima has four public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school. The Saitama Prefectural Board of Education operates one special education school for the handicapped.

Transportation

Railway

*Kawajima does not have any passenger rail service

Highway

* *

Airports

* Honda Airport

Noted people from Kawajima

* Taimei Yamaguchi, politician

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Towns in Saitama Prefecture Hiki District, Saitama