Ōmiya-ku, Saitama

Coordinates: 35°54′23.2″N 139°37′43.1″E / 35.906444°N 139.628639°E / 35.906444; 139.628639
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Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
大宮区
Ward
Ōmiya Ward
Ōmiya Ward Office
Ōmiya Ward Office
Sakura
Phone number048-835-3156
Address3-1 Daimon, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 330-8501
WebsiteOfficial website

Ōmiya (大宮区, Ōmiya-ku) is one of ten

Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northeastern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021, the ward had an estimated population of 119,298 and a population density of 9,300 persons per km². Its total area was 12.80 square kilometres (4.94 sq mi).[1] Although Urawa-ku is the governmental center of Saitama City, Ōmiya-ku is the most active commercial and business centre in both Saitama City and Saitama Prefecture thanks to its transport infrastructure, especially railways connected at Ōmiya Station
.

Geography

Ōmiya Ward is within the Ōmiya Terrace of the

Kantō plain, in the center of Saitama City. It is in the Greater Tokyo Area and about 25 km north of central Tokyo
.

Neighboring Municipalities

Ōmiya-ku is surrounded by Nishi-ku (to the west), Kita-ku (north), Minuma-ku (east), Urawa-ku (southeast), Chūō-ku (south), and Sakura-ku (southwest).

History

See also: Ōmiya, Saitama

Ōmiya derives its name from a famous

Kitaadachi District, Saitama
with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889.

On November 3, 1940 Ōmiya merged with the neighboring villages of Mihashi, Osato, Miyahara and Nisshin and was elevated to city status. Ōmiya continued to expand after the end of the war, absorbing the villages of Sashiougi, Mamiya, Uemizu, Katayanagi, Haruoka, and Nanasato on January 1, 1955.

On May 1, 2001 Ōmiya merged with

city designated by government ordinance, and now the area of former Ōmiya City was divided between Kita-ku (north), Minuma-ku (east), Nishi-ku
(west), and Ōmiya-ku (south).

Education

Tertiary:

Urawa-ku has nine elementary schools, seven junior high schools, and eight high schools.

Public junior high schools:[2]

Municipal elementary schools:[3]

The ward also has a

North Korean school, Saitama Korean Elementary and Middle School (埼玉朝鮮初中級学校). This school was previously in the City of Ōmiya.[4]

Transportation

Railway

Joetsu Shinkansen / Akita Shinkansen / Yamagata Shinkansen / Hokuriku Shinkansen / Kawagoe Line

Keihin Tohoku Line

Tōbu Railway – Tōbu Urban Park Line

Saitama New Urban Transit
("New Shuttle") - Ina Line

Highway

Local attractions

References

  1. ^ "Saitama city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
  2. ^ "市立学校一覧 中学校（区別）". Saitama City Institute of Education (さいたま市立教育研究所). Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ^ "市立学校一覧 小学校（区別）". Saitama City Institute of Education (さいたま市立教育研究所). Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  4. ^ "埼玉朝鮮初中級学校とは？." Saitama Korean Elementary and Middle School. Retrieved on October 14, 2015. "〒330-0804 埼玉県大宮市堀之内町１の５０１の１"

External links

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