Midori-ku (Saitama)

Midori-ku Municipality of Saitama
Coordinates	35 ° 52 '16 "  N , 139 ° 41' 3"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 52 '16 "  N , 139 ° 41' 3"  E
surface	26.51 km²
Residents	124,493 (Oct 1, 2019)
Population density	4696 inhabitants / km²
Community key	11109-1
Administration address	975-1 Ōaza Nakao, Midori-ku, Saitama 336-8587
Website	www.city.saitama.jp/index_midoriku.html

Midori-ku ( Japanese 緑 区 , dt. 'Green district') is a district ( ku ) of the Japanese city ​​of Saitama .

history

As an independent city with over 500,000 inhabitants, Urawa was the administrative seat of Saitama Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan, until 2001 . On May 1, 2001 Urawa was dissolved as a city (Shi) and amalgamated with Ōmiya , Yono and Iwatsuki to form the new prefecture capital Saitama, in which the former city of Urawa comprises the southern districts of Sakura ('cherry'), Urawa, Minami ('south') and Midori forms.

traffic

Street

• Tōhoku Highway to Aomori
• National road 17 to Tōkyō or Niigata

train

• JR Musashino Line to Funabashi and Fuchu

Web links

Commons : Midori-ku  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Japanese)