Warabi蕨市
Warabi-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Warabi (蕨市, Warabi-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture. Population 74,283 (2020 census), area 5.11 km². Borders 3 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
- 蕨市
- Reading
- Warabi-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Saitama 埼玉県
- Region
- Kantō 関東
- Population
- 74,283 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.8% from 72,260
- Area
- 5.11 km²
- Density
- 14,537 people per km²
- Households
- 36,827
- Under 15
- 10.6%
- 65 and over
- 23.4%
- Foreign residents
- 6,513 (8.8%)
- Code
- 11223 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.warabi.saitama.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
3 places share a land border with Warabi. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Warabi
- Is Warabi a city or a prefecture?
- Warabi (蕨市) 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 Warabi?
- Warabi 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 Warabi?
- 74,283 at the 2020 census, up 2.8% from 72,260 in 2015. The area is 5.11 km², which is 14,537 people per km². 36,827 households. 23.4% of residents are 65 or older and 10.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Warabi?
- Three: Minami Ward (南区) of Saitama, Kawaguchi City (川口市), and Toda City (戸田市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Warabi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Warabi written in Japanese?
- 蕨市, read Warabi-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 Warabi begin?
- 埼玉県蕨市… (Saitama-ken, Warabi-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.