Also known as
  • Saitamaken,
  • Saitama-Ken,
  • Saitama
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Saitama. This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which floods of residents commute each day. Saitama Prefecture was formerly part of the old Musashi Province. In the fifth year of the Keiun era (708), deposits of copper were reported to have been found in the Chichibu District of what is now Saitama Prefecture. The Saitama area... full article at wikipedia
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ISO 3166-2 Code
  • JP-11
FIPS 10-4 Region Code
  • JA34
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  • 6,938,006
  • Oct 1, 2000
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