Kawaguchi, Saitama
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Kawaguchi 川口市 |
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View of downtown Kawaguchi
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 Location of Kawaguchi in Saitama Prefecture |
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 Kawaguchi
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| Coordinates: 35°48′27.7″N 139°43′26.8″E / 35.807694°N 139.724111°ECoordinates: 35°48′27.7″N 139°43′26.8″E / 35.807694°N 139.724111°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Kantō | ||
| Prefecture | Saitama Prefecture | ||
| Government | |||
| • -Mayor | Nobuo Okunoki (since February 2014) | ||
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| • Total | 61.95 km2 (23.92 sq mi) | ||
| Population (February 2016) | |||
| • Total | 578,727 | ||
| • Density | 9,340/km2 (24,200/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| - Tree | Camellia sasanqua | ||
| - Flower | Lilium longiflorum | ||
| Phone number | 048-258-1110 | ||
| Address | 2-1-1 Aoki, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken 332-0031 | ||
| Website | www |
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Kawaguchi (川口市 Kawaguchi-shi?) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, in the central Kantō region of Japan. As of 1 February 2016[update], the city had an estimated population of 578,727 and a population density of 9340 persons per km². Its total area was 61.95 square kilometres (23.92 sq mi). It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 8th most populated city (after passing Hachioji) and second largest in Saitama Prefecture.
Kawaguchi is located near the center of the Kantō Plain in southern Saitama Prefecture, and is bordered by the Tokyo wards of Kita-ku and Adachi-ku to the south. The city area is mostly flat and mainly residential except for the Omiya tableland, which occupies part of the north and east area. The Arakawa River runs across the border with Kita-ku to the south.
As of May 1, 2010, registered population was 516,409, including 20,808 alien residents, continuing a trend of population growth in the city since 1933 when the city was founded. There has been a gradual increase in the number of non-Japanese residents living in the city because of the convenient location to Tokyo and relatively low rent. Now, the number of people from China is the largest, followed by Korea and Philippines.
Kawaguchi is a typical suburb city of Tokyo metropolitan area, where population greatly changes between daytime and nighttime due to commute to big cities, especially to Tokyo. In mid 1990s, population growth rate declined, but recent apartment construction boom in the city helps increase population growth rate again. The number of children continues to decrease in accordance with the decline of number of birth: 4,735 in 2009 down from the highest number of 7,932 in 1971. By contrast, the rate of people over the age of 65 is increasing, approximately 18.5% as of January 1, 2010. Yet the number is below the national average.
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