Chuo中央区

Chuo-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Chuo (中央区, Chuo-ku) is a ward of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 103,269 (2020 census), area 8.39 km². Borders 4 places.

An administrative ward of the city around it. Its ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly: the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

In an address this ward is in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. Only Tokyo's 23 wards are governments.

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Facts

Japanese name

中央区

Reading

Chuo-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Saitama City さいたま市

Prefecture

Saitama 埼玉県

Region

Kantō 関東

Population

103,269 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+4.6% from 98,762

Area

8.39 km²

Density

12,309 people per km²

Households

47,770

Under 15

12.3%

65 and over

21.4%

Foreign residents

1,899 (1.8%)

Code

11105 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.saitama.jp/chuo

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

4 places share a land border with Chuo, 4 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Omiya Ward大宮区
• Sakura Ward桜区
• Urawa Ward浦和区
• Minami Ward南区

Questions about Chuo

Is Chuo a city?

Chuo (中央区) is a ward of Saitama (さいたま市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Chuo?

Chuo is inside Saitama (さいたま市), in Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県), in the Kantō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Chuo?

103,269 at the 2020 census, up 4.6% from 98,762 in 2015. The area is 8.39 km², which is 12,309 people per km². 47,770 households. 21.4% of residents are 65 or older and 12.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Chuo?

Four: Omiya Ward (大宮区), Sakura Ward (桜区), Urawa Ward (浦和区), and Minami Ward (南区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Chuo in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Chuo written in Japanese?

中央区, read Chuo-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Chuo begin?

埼玉県さいたま市中央区… (Saitama-ken, Saitama-shi, Chuo-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.