Saitama埼玉県

Saitama-ken·さいたまけん· (ken), prefecture

Directly north of Tokyo and heavily commuter-based. Saitama City was formed in 2001 by merging Urawa, Ōmiya, and Yono.

Open Saitama on the map

Facts

Japanese name
埼玉県
Reading
Saitama-ken / さいたまけん
Region
Kantō 関東
Capital
Saitama さいたま市
Population
7,344,765 (2020 census)
Area
3,798 km²
Density
1,934 people per km²
Municipalities
6340 cities, 22 towns, and 1 villages
Designated cities
Saitama City
Districts (郡)
8
Codes
JIS 11·ISO 3166-2 JP-11

How an address here begins

埼玉県さいたま市

Saitama-ken, Saitama-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Saitama's 10 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Saitama市区町村

63 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.

Designated city政令指定都市

A designated city is divided into wards. The wards are offices of the city, not governments.

Districts, with their towns and villages郡 · 町 · 村

A district is a name that groups towns and villages in an address. It has no office and no election. The towns and villages are governments.

Boundaries: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.