Kawajima, Saitama

Kawajima 川島町
Town
Kawajima town office
Flag Seal
Location of Kawajima in Saitama Prefecture
Kawajima
Coordinates: 35°58′55.4″N 139°28′53.6″E / 35.982056°N 139.481556°E / 35.982056; 139.481556Coordinates: 35°58′55.4″N 139°28′53.6″E / 35.982056°N 139.481556°E / 35.982056; 139.481556
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Saitama Prefecture
District	Hiki
Area
• Total	41.63 km2 (16.07 sq mi)
Population (February 2016)
• Total	20,575
• Density	494/km2 (1,280/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree	Osmanthus fragrans
- Flower	Iris
- Bird	Eurasian skylark
Phone number	049-299-1751
Address	1175 Hiranuma, Kawajima-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama-ken 350-0192
Website	Official website

Kawajima (川島町, Kawajima-machi) is a town located in Hiki District, Saitama Prefecture, in the central Kantō region of Japan. As of 1 February 2016, the town had an estimated population of 20,575 and a population density of 494 persons per km². Its total area was 41.63 square kilometres (16.07 sq mi).

Geography

Kawajima is located in the Arakawa River drainage basis in central Saitama Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

• Saitama Prefecture
  • Kawagoe
  • Higshimatsuyama
  • Ageo
  • Okegawa
  • Kitamoto
  • Sakado
  • Yoshimi

History

The village of Kawajima was created on November 3, 1954 by the merger of the villages of Nakamura, Igusa, Mionoya, Demaru, Yatsuho, and Omino. It was elevated to town status on November 3, 1972.

Economy

Honda has an assembly plant in Kawajima, which is a major local employer.

Education

Kawajima has six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school.

Transportation

Railway

• Kawajima does not have any passenger rail service

Highway

• Ken-Ō Expressway
• Japan National Route 254

Airports

• Honda Airport

Noted people from Kawaji

• Taimei Yamaguchi, politician

External links

Media related to Kawajima, Saitama at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Japanese)

Saitama Prefecture
Saitama (capital)
Wards of Saitama	Chūō Iwatsuki Kita Midori Minami Minuma Nishi Ōmiya Sakura Urawa
Core cities	Kawagoe Koshigaya
Special cities	Kasukabe Kawaguchi Kumagaya
Cities	Ageo Asaka Chichibu Fujimi Fujimino Fukaya Gyōda Hannō Hanyū Hasuda Hidaka Higashimatsuyama Honjō Iruma Kazo Kitamoto Kōnosu Kuki Misato Niiza Okegawa Sakado Satte Sayama Shiki Shiraoka Sōka Toda Tokorozawa Tsurugashima Wakō Warabi Yashio Yoshikawa
Chichibu District	Higashichichibu Minano Nagatoro Ogano Yokoze
Hiki District	Hatoyama Kawajima Namegawa Ogawa Ranzan Tokigawa Yoshimi
Iruma District	Miyoshi Moroyama Ogose
Kitaadachi District	Ina
Kitakatsushika District	Matsubushi Sugito
Kodama District	Kamikawa Kamisato Misato
Minamisaitama District	Miyashiro
Ōsato District	Yorii
List of mergers in Saitama Prefecture