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 district has an estimated

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of 33,405 and a

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of 2,090 persons per km². The total area is 15.95 km².

Towns and villages

Miyashiro is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 33,823 in 15,234 households and a population density of 2100 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Miyashiro ...

District timeline

*1871 (first wave of prefectural mergers): The part of Saitama District that would later become Minami-Saitama becomes completely part of

which is named after the district. *1879 (reactivation and reorganization of ancient provincial districts as modern prefectural subdivision): Saitama District is split into North- (Kita-) and South (Minami-) Saitama, the district government of South Saitama is set up in Iwatsuki Saitama MinamiSaitama-gun 1889

*1889 (Great Meiji mergers & introduction of modern municipalities): Minami-Saitama is subdivided into 6

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*1923: The Minami-Saitama district assembly is abolished. *1926: The Minami-Saitama district government is abolished, and it becomes a purely geographical unit. *November 3, 1954 *:The town of Iwatsuki gained city status. *:The town of Koshigaya was created by merging with 2 towns and 8 villages. *January 1, 1955 - The town of Washinomiya merged with the village of Sakurada from Kitakatsushika District to form the town of Washinomiya in Kitakatsushika District. *July 20, 1955 - The villages of Momoki and Suka merged to form the town of

. *August 1, 1955 - The village of Kawayanagi merged into the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District (now the city of Soka). *November 3, 1955 - Parts of the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District merged into the town of Koshigaya. *January 1, 1956 - Parts of the city of Iwatsuki merged into the town of Hasuda. *September 28, 1956 *:Parts of the village of Hachijo merged with the villages of Yawata and Shiodomari to form the village of Yashio. *:The remaining parts of Hachijo merged into the town of Soka in Kitaadachi District. *November 3, 1958 - The town of Koshigaya gained city status. *October 1, 1964 - The village of Yashio gained town status. *October 1, 1971 - The town of Kuki gained city status. *January 15, 1972 - The town of Yashio gained city status. *October 1, 1972 - The town of Hasuda gained city status. *March 23, 2010 - The town of Shōbu, along with the towns of Kurihashi and Washimiya, both from Kitakatsushika District, merged with the city of Kuki to form the new city of Kuki. *October 1, 2012 - The town of Shiraoka gained city status. This leaves Minami Saitama District with one municipality.白岡町：来年10月1日、白岡市発足へ町議会が可決
by Mainichi Shimbun, December 9, 2011

References

Districts in Saitama Prefecture {{Saitama-geo-stub