Saitama
city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Saitama is a city designated by government ordinance[1]. Saitama draws 9,402 Wikipedia views per month (city designated by government ordinance category, ranking #13 of 20).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saitama Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Arakawa River[5], びん沼川[6], Shiba River[7], Kamo River[8]
- Head of government: Hayato Shimizu[9]
- Continent: Asia[10]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[11], satellite city[12], big city[13], city of Japan[14], city for international conferences and tourism[15], educational town[16], de facto national capital[17]
- Capital: Urawa-ku[18]
- Shares border with: Ageo[19], Kawaguchi[20], Asaka[21], Kawagoe[22], Shiki[23], Toda[24], Hasuda[25], Fujimi[26], Warabi[27], Kasukabe[28], Koshigaya[29], Shiraoka[30]
- Anthem: Yume no Machi[31]
- Named after: Saitama Prefecture[32]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Nishi-ku[33], Kita-ku, Saitama[34], Ōmiya-ku[35], Minuma-ku[36], Chūō-ku[37], Sakura-ku[38], Urawa-ku[39], Minami-ku[40], Midori-ku[41], Iwatsuki-ku[42]
- Twinned administrative body: Toluca de Lerdo[43], Zhengzhou[44], Nanaimo[45], Pittsburgh[46], Hamilton[47], Minamiaizu[48]
- Legislative body: Saitama City Council[49]
- Commons category: Saitama, Saitama[50]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[51]
- Local dialing code: 048[52]
- Inception: May 1, 2001[53]
- Located in/on physical feature: Kantō Plain[54]
- Official website: https://www.city.saitama.jp/[55], https://www.city.saitama.jp/en/[56], https://www.city.saitama.jp/jp/[57]
- Topic's main category: Category:Saitama (city)[58]
- Commons gallery: さいたま市[59]
- Population: 1,325,843[60], 1,263,979[61], 1,176,314[62], 1,222,434[63]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Saitama include Saitama University[64], a national university[65], in Japan[66], founded in 1949[67].
Why It Matters
Saitama has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] Saitama is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
Entities named for Saitama include Saitama University[64], a national university[65], in Japan[66], founded in 1949[67].