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Kawagoe
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Kawagoe is a city located in Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated near Tokyo. It is known for its well-preserved historical districts that attract visitors interested in traditional Japanese architecture and culture.
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Vinony's link graph records 414 inbound references to Kawagoe, and connects out to Takamatsu, Kōchi-shi and Arakawa River.
The entry is geolocated on the map in 11.
It is catalogued under topics including Cities in Saitama Prefecture and Kawagoe, Saitama.
Vinony links it to 53 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Saitama Prefecture
- Population
- 342670
- Area
- 109.13
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Iruma River
- Shares border with
- Kawajima
- Official website
- www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/foreignlanguage/gaikokuseki.html
- Image
- Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, Kawagoe City; December 2019 (01).jpg
Show 16 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Kawagoe, Saitama
- twinned administrative body
- Salem
- Commons category
- Kawagoe, Saitama
- native label
- 川越市
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kawagoe
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kawagoe, Saitama
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- December 1
- inception
- 1922-12-01
- social media followers
- 31800
- official symbol
- goose
- located in/on physical feature
- Musashino Plateau
- Köppen climate classification
- humid subtropical climate
- name in kana
- かわごえし
- P12749
- Chubut Province
- nickname
- 江戸の台所
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1004044
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Encyclopedic overview
Kawagoe City Hall Kawagoe (川越市, Kawagoe-shi) is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 353,214 in 162,210 households and a population density of 3200 persons per km. The total area of the city is 109.13 square kilometres (42.14 sq mi). The city is known locally as "Little Edo" (小江戸, Koedo) after the old name for Tokyo, due to its many historic buildings.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kawagoe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.