States or Territories

Saitama Prefecture

Prefecture

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Saitama Prefecture." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/saitama-prefecture.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Saitama Prefecture. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/saitama-prefecture

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-saitama-prefecture,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Saitama Prefecture},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/saitama-prefecture},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Saitama Prefecture is an inland prefecture of Japan in the Kanto region of Honshu. Its capital is the city of Saitama, and as of January 1, 2020 the prefecture had a population of 7,338,536 across an area of 3,797.75 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Saitama 1

Population

7,338,536 1

2020 figure from Saitama Prefecture's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Area (sq km)

3797.75 1

Latitude

35.95 degrees north 1

Longitude

139.55 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Japan

Saitama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan.

Source Saitama Prefecture (Wikipedia)

Saitama

Saitama is associated with Saitama Prefecture.

Source Saitama (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Saitama

Saitama is the capital of Saitama Prefecture.

Source Saitama (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Saitama Prefecture (Wikipedia)

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Saitama Prefecture...is an inland prefecture of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi).

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