Urawa-ku (Saitama)
 municipality of Saitama |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 51 '44 " N , 139 ° 38' 44" E |
| surface | 11.51 km² |
| Residents | 163.020 (Oct. 1, 2019) |
| Population density | 14,163 inhabitants / km² |
| Community key | 11107-4 |
Administration address |
6-4-4 Tokiwa, Urawa-ku, Saitama 330-9586 |
| Website | www.city.saitama.jp/index_urawaku.html |
Urawa-ku ( Japanese 浦 和 区 ) is a district ( ku ) of the Japanese city of Saitama . Urawa is located on the Arakawa River near Tokyo , where most of the residents work.
The textile industry is economically significant in Urawa.
In Germany Urawa is mainly known for the Urawa Red Diamonds . At the football club from the Japanese J. League , runner-up in 2004 and 2005, many Germans were already under contract as players or coaches, for example Guido Buchwald or Holger Osieck .
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 ('cherry'), Urawa, Minami ('south') and Midori ('green') forms.
traffic
Street
- National road 17 to Tōkyō or Niigata
- Tōhoku Highway to Aomori
- Nakasendo
train
- JR Takasaki Line , Urawa Station , to Ueno (Tokyo) or Takasaki
- JR Utsunomiya Line , Urawa Station, to Utsunomiya and Aomori
- JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line , Urawa Station, to Yokohama
- JR Saikyō Line
- JR Musashino Line to Funabashi and Fuchu
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)