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s of the city of Saitama, in

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, and is located in the northern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated

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of 163,869 and a

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of 5300 persons per km². Its total area was .

Geography

Mimuna-ward is located in the northern side of the city of Saitama.

Neighboring Municipalities

Saitama Prefecture * Iwatsuki-ku * Midori-ku * Urawa-ku * Kita-ku * Ōmiya-ku *

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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 ...

History

The villages of Katayanagi and Ōsato were created within

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with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The village of Haruoka was created in 1892 and the village of Nanasato in 1912. On November 3, 1930 the village of Ōsato was merged with Ōmiya Town in 1940, becoming part of the city of Ōmiya. On January 1, 1955, Ōmiya annexed Katayanagi, Haruoka, and Nanasato. On May 1, 2001, Ōmiya merged with Urawa and Yono cities to form the new city of Saitama. When Saitama was proclaimed a

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in 2003, this area of former Ōmiya city became Minuma Ward.

Education

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*Minuma-ku has eleven elementary schools, seven junior high schools, and three high schools. Municipal junior high schools: * Haruno (春野中学校) * Harusato (春里中学校) * Katayanagi (片柳中学校) * Nanasato (七里中学校) * Omiya Yahata (大宮八幡中学校) * Osato ( 大砂土中学校) * Oya ( 大谷中学校) Municipal elementary schools: * Ebinuma ( 海老沼小学校) * Haruno ( 春野小学校) * Haruoka ( 春岡小学校) * Hasunuma ( 蓮沼小学校) * Higashi Miyashita ( 東宮下小学校) * Katayanagi ( 片柳小学校) * Minuma ( 見沼小学校) * Nanasato ( 七里小学校) * Osato Higashi ( 大砂土東小学校) * Oya ( 大谷小学校) * Shima ( 島小学校)

Transportation

Railway

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Utsunomiya Line The Utsunomiya Line () is the name given to a section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network. Services Serv ...

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Tōbu Urban Park Line The , formally known as the , is a long railway line in Saitama and Chiba Prefectures operated by the Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway. It connects the satellite cities of Tokyo, such as Saitama, Kasukabe, Noda, Nagareyama, ...

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Highway

Shuto Expressway The is a network of Toll road, tolled expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the . Most routes are Grade separation, grade separated and have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that require cauti ...

Saitama Shintoshin Route The , signed as Route S2, is one of the five routes of the Shuto Expressway system serving the Greater Tokyo Area that are located within Saitama Prefecture. The long radial highway runs east from Yono Junction in the western part of the city of ...

Local attractions

*, referring to a vast green area of nearly 1260 hectares left within 20 to 30 kilometers from central

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References

External links

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