Sakura-ku (Saitama)
 Municipality of Saitama |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 51 '21 " N , 139 ° 36' 37" E |
| surface | 18.60 km² |
| Residents | 98,316 (Oct 1, 2019) |
| Population density | 5286 inhabitants / km² |
| Community key | 11106-6 |
Administration address |
4-3-1 Dōjō, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8586 |
| Website | www.city.saitama.jp/index_sakuraku.html |
Sakura-ku ( Japanese 桜 区 , 'cherry district') is a district ( ku ) of the Japanese city of Saitama . Sakura is located on the Arakawa River near Tokyo .
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 merged 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-ku, Urawa-ku , Minami-ku ('southern district') ) and Midori-ku ('green district').
traffic
Street
- National road 17 to Tōkyō or Niigata
train
- JR Saikyō Line
- JR Musashino Line to Funabashi and Fuchu
Web links
Commons : Sakura-ku - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official Website (Japanese)