Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama

Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox settlement Template:Nihongo is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northeastern part of the city. Template:As of, the ward had an estimated population of 112,862 and a population density of 2,300 persons per km². Its total area was Template:Convert.<ref name="Saitama-hp">Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

Iwasuki Ward is within the Kantō Plain, in the northeast portion of Saitama City.

Neighboring Municipalities

Iwatsuki-ku is surrounded by Minuma-ku (west), Midori-ku (southwest), and the cities of Kawaguchi (south), Koshigaya (southeast), Kasukabe (northeast), Shiraoka (north), and Hasuda (northwest).

History

Iwatsuki developed from the Muromachi period as a castle town next to Iwatsuki Castle and the center of Iwatsuki Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. It was also a post town on the Nikkō Onari Kaidō connecting Edo with Nikko.

The modern town of Iwatsuki created within Minamisaitama District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On May 3, 1954, Iwatsuki merged with the neighboring villages of Niiwa, Wado, Kawadori, Kashiwazaki, Kawai and Jionji and was elevated to city status on July 1, 1954. On April 1, 2005, Iwatsuki merged with the city of Saitama, becoming Iwatsuki Ward.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Iwatsuki is known as the "City of Dolls" (人形のまち Ningyō no Machi) due to a history of doll-making that dates back to the 17th century.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Education

Mejiro University – Saitama campus
University of Human Arts and Sciences
Iwatsuki-ku has 14 elementary schools, eight junior high schools, and four high schools, and one special education school.

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