Kitamoto [city] - Kitamoto

Japanese: 北本[市] - きたもと

A city in the central-eastern part of Saitama Prefecture, in the northern part of the Omiya Plateau. It was incorporated as a city in 1971. The main settlement was a post station on the Nakasendo road in the early modern period. Even after the Takasaki Line was opened in the early Showa period, it remained a farming area until the 1950s, but from the 1960s, sake breweries, machinery factories, etc. moved in, and the area became a residential area, leading to a rapid population increase. There is a kabazakura (natural monument) in Ishido. ^{19.82 km2} . 68,888 people (2010).

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Japanese:

埼玉県中東部，大宮台地北部の市。1971年市制。主集落は近世初期中山道の宿駅であった。昭和初期に高崎線開通後も1950年代までは農村地帯であったが，1960年代から酒造，機械などの工場が進出し，住宅地化も進み人口が急増した。石戸に蒲桜(かばざくら)（天然記念物）がある。19.82km²。６万8888人（2010）。

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