Saitama [1] ( 埼 玉 県 Saitama-ken ) is a prefecture located in the Kanto area of Honshu Island, Japan . The prefecture has an area of 3,798.08 km² [2] , a population of 7,235,651 people (August 1, 2014) [3] , a population density of 1905.08 people / km². The administrative center is the city of Saitama .
| Saitama Prefecture 埼 玉 県 | |
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 Saitama Prefecture on a map of Japan  Map of Saitama Prefecture | |
| Location | |
| A country | Japan |
| Region | Kanto |
| Isle | Honshu |
| Coordinates | |
| Information | |
| Administrative center | Saitama |
| ISO 3166-2: JP | Jp-11 |
| Statistics | |
| Square | 3,798.08 km² ( 38th ) |
| % water | 0.5% |
| Population | (as of August 1, 2014) |
| Total | 7,235,651 people ( 5th ) |
| Density | 1905.08 people / km² |
| Counties | eight |
| Municipalities | 63 |
| Symbolism | |
 Prefecture flag | |
 Emblem of the prefecture | |
| Tree | Dzelkva serrate ( Zelkova serrata ) |
| Flower | Siebold's Primrose ( Primula sieboldii ) |
| Bird | Ringed turtledove |
| A fish | Nine-needle stickleback ( Pungitius pungitius ) |
| Administration | |
| Governor | Kiyoshi Ueda |
Administrative division
There are 40 cities and 8 counties (22 villages and one village) in Saitama Prefecture.
Cities
List of cities in the prefecture:
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Counties
Towns and villages in counties:
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Symbols
The emblem and flag of the prefecture were introduced on September 1, 1964 [4] . The prefecture’s anthem was approved on September 21, 1965 [5] .
On November 5, 1971, Siebold's primrose was chosen as the flower of the prefecture, sawt-sawed tree (September 5, 1966) as a tree, and the ringed dove (November 3, 1965) as a tree. The prefecture's fish is a nine-spined stickleback (November 14, 1991), and the neozephyrus japonicus (November 14, 1991) was chosen as a butterfly ( 4) .
Transport
- Kokudo 16
Notes
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 407. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
- ↑ The area is indicated according to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (Japanese) , subject to changes published on October 1, 2011.
- ↑ 埼 玉 県 推 計 人口 (月報 デ ー タ) (Japanese) . Aichi Prefecture Administration (August 29, 2014). - The population of Aichi Prefecture. Date of treatment August 31, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 全国 知事 会 ホ ー ム ペ ー ジ (Japanese) . National Governors' Association. Date of treatment June 14, 2010. Archived February 18, 2012.
- ↑ 埼 玉 県 歌 (Japanese) . Saitama Prefecture. Date of treatment June 14, 2010. Archived July 14, 2010.
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saitama
- Official site (Japanese)
- SITE // Japan from A to Z. A popular illustrated encyclopedia. (CD-ROM). - M .: Directmedia Publishing , "Japan Today", 2008. - ISBN 978-5-94865-190-3 .
- Saitama) - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- 埼 玉 県 (Japanese) . Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. - Geographic coordinates of the settlements of Saitama Prefecture. Date of treatment July 23, 2010.
- 埼 玉 県 内 市町村 (Japanese) . Local Authorities Systems Development Center. - Identification codes, names, postal addresses and phone numbers of administrations of settlements of Saitama Prefecture. Date of treatment July 23, 2010.