Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Kantō
- Prefecture
- Saitama
- First official recorded
- late 5th century (official)
- Town settled
- November 1, 1915
- City settled
- April 1, 1996
- Mayor
- Shigeto Nakahara
- Total
- 31.7 km (12.2 sq mi)
- Density
- 2,310/km (5,990/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Postal code
- 342-8501
- Tree
- Osmanthus fragrans
- Flower
- Rhododendron indicum , Rhododendron
- Phone number
- 048-982-5111
- Address
- 1-1 Kiyomino, Yoshikawa-shi, Saitama-ken
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city of Japan
- Official name
- 吉川町
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kitakatsushika district
- Population
- 65298
- Area
- 31.66
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Shares border with
- Nagareyama
- Official website
- www.city.yoshikawa.saitama.jp
- Image
- Yoshikawa jinja.jpg
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- inception
- 1996-04-01
- Commons category
- Yoshikawa, Saitama
- topic's main category
- Category:Yoshikawa, Saitama
- native label
- 吉川市
- name in kana
- よしかわし
- postal code
- 342-8501
- twinned administrative body
- Ichinoseki
- associated electoral district
- Saitama 16th district
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Encyclopedic overview
Yoshikawa (吉川市, Yoshikawa-shi) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 73,262 in 31,031 households and a population density of 2300 persons per km. The total area of the city is 31.66 square kilometres (12.22 sq mi).
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yoshikawa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.