Wako和光市
Wako-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Wako (和光市, Wako-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 83,989 (2020 census), area 11.04 km². Borders 4 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Saitama Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 和光市
- Reading
- Wako-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 83,989 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +3.9% from 80,826
- Area
- 11.04 km²
- Density
- 7,608 people per km²
- Households
- 39,889
- Under 15
- 13.6%
- 65 and over
- 18.0%
- Foreign residents
- 2,226 (2.7%)
- Code
- 11229 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.wako.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Wako. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Wako
- Is Wako a city or a prefecture?
- Wako (和光市) is a city (市, shi) in Saitama Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Wako?
- Wako is 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 Wako?
- 83,989 at the 2020 census, up 3.9% from 80,826 in 2015. The area is 11.04 km², which is 7,608 people per km². 39,889 households. 18.0% of residents are 65 or older and 13.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Wako?
- Four: Toda City (戸田市), Asaka City (朝霞市), Itabashi City (板橋区) in Tokyo, and Nerima City (練馬区) in Tokyo. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Wako in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Wako written in Japanese?
- 和光市, read Wako-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Wako begin?
- 埼玉県和光市… (Saitama-ken, Wako-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 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). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.