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Saitama is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It serves as the prefectural capital and is an important urban center in the Tokyo metropolitan region.
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- Named after
- Saitama Prefecture
- Official name
- さいたま市
- Demonym
- Saitamesi
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Saitama Prefecture
- Contains
- Iwatsuki-ku
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Urawa-ku
- Population
- 1222434
- Area
- 217.43
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Head of government
- Sōichi Aikawa
- Capital of
- Saitama Prefecture
- Shares border with
- Shiraoka
- Official website
- www.city.saitama.jp/jp
- Image
- Saitama city montage.jpg
- Dialing code
- 048
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- associated electoral district
- Saitama 16th district
- hashtag
- さいたま市
- twinned administrative body
- Pittsburgh
- Commons category
- Saitama, Saitama
- topic's main category
- Category:Saitama (city)
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Saitama
- Commons gallery
- さいたま市
- native label
- さいたま市
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Saitama
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Saitama (city)
- inception
- 2001-05-01
- name in kana
- さいたまし
- replaces
- Iwatsuki
- social media followers
- 15500
- official blog URL
- saitamapr.exblog.jp
- located in/on physical feature
- Kantō Plain
- official symbol
- cherry blossom
- nickname
- のびのびシティ
- P12749
- 233 BC
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Saitama (さいたま市, Saitama-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [saꜜi.ta.ma, sai.ta.maꜜ.ɕi]) is the capital and largest city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance. As of 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 1,324,854, and a population density of 6,093 people per km (15,781 people per sq mi). Its total area is 217.43 square kilometres (83.95 sq mi).
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