Wako [city] - Wako

Japanese: 和光[市] - わこう
Wako [city] - Wako
A city in southern Saitama prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1970. It spans the northeastern part of the Musashino Plateau and the alluvial lowlands on the west bank of the Arakawa River. It used to be a farming area, but since the 1960s, it has seen a rapid increase in automobile and food factories and housing, as well as the Tobu Tojo Line, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line and Fukutoshin Line, and the Tokyo Outer Ring Expressway pass through it and it is located 15 km from the capital region. Area: 11.04 km2 . Population: 80,745 (2010).

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Japanese:
埼玉県南部の市。1970年市制。武蔵野台地北東部から荒川西岸の沖積低地にまたがる。畑作を主とする農村地帯であったが,東武東上線,東京メトロ有楽町線・副都心線,東京外環自動車道が通じ,首都圏15kmの位置にあるため1960年代から自動車,食品などの工場や住宅が急増している。11.04km2。8万745人(2010)。

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