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Chūō-ku, Saitama 中央区
Ward
Chūō Ward
Chūō Ward Office, Saitama City
Seal
Location of Chūō-ku inSaitama
Chūō-ku, Saitama
Coordinates:35°53′2.1″N139°37′34.4″E / 35.883917°N 139.626222°E /35.883917; 139.626222
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Saitama
City	Saitama
Area
• Total	8.39 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (March 2021)
• Total	102,364
• Density	12,200/km2 (31,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
-Flower	Rose
Phone number	048-856-1111
Address	5-7-10 Shimoochiai, Chūō-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 338-0002
Website	www.city.saitama.jp/chuo/index.html

Chūō-ku (中央区,lit. "Central ward") is one of tenwards of the city ofSaitama, inSaitama Prefecture,Japan, and is located in the northern part of the city. As of 1 March 2021^[update], the ward had an estimatedpopulation of 102,364 and apopulation density of 12,000 persons per km². Its total area is 8.39 square kilometres (3.24 sq mi).^[1] Despite its name, it is not the administrative or the commercial centre of the city, roles which are designated toUrawa-ku andŌmiya-ku respectively.

Chūō-ku is located to the west of the center ofSaitama City, the capital of Saitama Prefecture. Chūō-ku is wedge-shaped with a southern tip. Measuring approximately 5.5 km in the north–south direction and approximately 3.5 km in the east–west direction, it has an area of 8.39 km².^[2] Located on theKantō Plain, Chūō-ku has a low elevation. Its lowest point, located at Ōto-nichōme, has an elevation of 4.7 m abovesea level and its highest point, located at Suzuya-yonchōme, has an elevation of 16.6 m above sea level.^[3] The majority of rivers run north–south down the ward, consequently travelling east–west across the ward requires travelling across alternating regions of plateaus and depressions. The easternmost of these plateaus is the Ōmiya-daichi, to the west of which lies the Kōnuma River which is at the centre of a 500-meter long depression. The Ōmiya-daichi continues to the west of this depression until it meets another depression due to theArakawa River at the westernmost point of the ward.^[4]

482.9hectares of the ward's 839 hectares is used as aresidential area and consequently the entire ward was designated a "densely inhabited district" (DID) in 2005.^[3] Despite the apparent lack of farming areas, some can be seen on either side of the Kōnuma River where, on the eastern bank, the ward office, fire station and library are also located. The northern tip of the ward is part of theSaitama New Urban Center where the broad-based local government of the Kantō district and theSaitama Super Arena are located.

Saitama Prefecture

• Sakura-ku
• Minami-ku
• Urawa-ku
• Ōmiya-ku

The average temperature between 2007 and 2011 was 15.4 °C with an average of 53 days of sun. In terms of precipitation, Chūō-ku saw an average of 1359 mm per year of precipitation between 2007 and 2011 with an average of 108 days of rain and 10 days of snow.^[3]

The town of Yono was created withinKitaadachi District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Plans to dissolve the town and merge with Urawa and Ōmiya were rejected by a referendum in 1955, and Yono was raised to city status on July 15, 1958. On May 1, 2001, Yono merged with Urawa and Ōmiya to form the new city of Saitama. When Saitama was proclaimed adesignated city in 2003, the area of corresponding to former Yono city, with some minor border adjustments from former Ōmiya and Urawa cities became Chūō Ward.

• Chūō-ku has eight elementary schools, four public and one private junior high schools, and three public high schools.

Municipal junior high schools:^[5]

Municipal elementary schools:^[6]

–Saikyō Line^[7]

• Minami-Yono - Yonohommachi - Kita-Yono

Yono Station andSaitama-Shintoshin Station on theKeihin-Tōhoku Line (the latter also on theTakasaki andTōhoku Main Lines) straddle the border between Chūō-ku and other Saitama wards, but are officially located inUrawa-ku andŌmiya-ku respectively.

• Kokusaikōgyō Bus operates in large sections of the ward.^[8]
• Seibu Bus operates mainly to the south of the ward.^[9]

• Shuto ExpresswayŌmiya Route
• National Route 17
• National Route 463

• Yono Park
• Saitama New Urban Center
• Saitama Super Arena

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