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| settlement_type = Designated city | image_skyline = Saitama montage.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Saitama New Urban Center, Saitama Super Arena, Iwatsuki Castle Park Hikawa Shrine, Railway Museum Saitama Stadium 2002 | image_flag = Flag of Saitama, Saitama.svg | image_map = Saitama in Saitama Prefecture Ja.svg | lat_deg = 35 | lat_min = 52| lat_sec = | lon_deg = 139 | lon_min = 39| lon_sec = | region = Kantō | prefecture = Saitama Prefecture | mayor = Hayato Shimizu | area_km2 = 217.49 | population = 1,231,880 | population_as_of = November 1, 2010 | density_km2 = 5664.08 | tree = Zelkova serrata(Keyaki) | flower = Primula(Sakura-sou) | city_hall_address = 6-4-4 Tokiwa, Urawa-ku, Saitama-shi | city_hall_postal_code = 330-9588 | website = }} is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance. Being in the Greater Tokyo Area and lying 15 - 30 kilometres north of central Tokyo, many of its residents commute into Tokyo. == History == The city was founded on May 1, 2001, and was designated on April 1, 2003 as a government ordinance. For the histories of Urawa, Ōmiya and Yono before the merger, see: * Urawa-ku, Saitama * Ōmiya-ku, Saitama and * Yono, Saitama, respectively. On April 1, 2005, Saitama absorbed the city of Iwatsuki to its east, which became a new ward, Iwatsuki-ku. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saitama, Saitama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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