What is the population of Saitama?

1,324,854 people, per GeoNames.

Does Saitama have a university?

Yes. Saitama Institute of Technology and Saitama Medical School.

SAITAMA

Saitama · JAPAN (JP) · 35.91°N / 139.66°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 6,940,394

Saitama is a city in Japan with a population of 1,324,854. It sits at 35.91/139.66, runs on Asia/Tokyo, is 3 km from Yono.

Population 1,324,854

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Asia/Tokyo

All facts

fields

Country: Japan
Subdivision: Saitama
Coords: 35.91°N / 139.66°E
UTC offset: +9
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

SW Yono Saitama 102,364 3.5 km

W Sashiōgi Saitama 17,101 6.9 km

SW Dōjō Saitama 5,203 7.0 km

N Hasuda Saitama 61,540 7.0 km

NE Iwatsuki Saitama 108,833 7.2 km

S Buzō Saitama 14,678 7.6 km

NW Ageo Saitama 226,940 8.0 km

S Warabi Saitama 75,614 9.9 km

S Toda Saitama 0 10.4 km

W Furuya-hongō Saitama 2,373 10.5 km

Air access

nearby

OKO

Yokota Air Base

Medium airport

33.0 km

HND

Tokyo Haneda International Airport

Large airport

41.5 km

Universities

linked

Saitama Institute of Technology

sit.ac.jp

Saitama Medical School

saitama-med.ac.jp

Saitama Prefectural University

spu.ac.jp

Saitama University

saitama-u.ac.jp

FAQ

10 questions

What is the population of Saitama?: 1,324,854 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Saitama in?: Asia/Tokyo.
Which country is Saitama in?: Japan (JP).
Which airport serves Saitama?: Yokota Air Base (OKO).
How far is Saitama from Tokyo?: About 25 km.
Does Saitama have a university?: Yes. Saitama Institute of Technology and Saitama Medical School.
What languages are spoken in Japan?: Japanese.
What currency is used in Japan?: Yen.
How many cities are in Japan?: 2,174 on record.
Which admin region is Saitama in?: Saitama.

Get this page as JSON

no auth

cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/6940394

{
  "data": {
    "id": 6940394,
    "name": "Saitama",
    "ascii_name": "Saitama",
    "country_code": "JP",
    "population": 1324854,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Asia/Tokyo",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": 35.90807,
    "longitude": 139.65657
  }
}

Context

comparatives

12.9x the population of Yono.
3 km from Yono.
Same timezone (Asia/Tokyo) as 2,173 other cities in Japan.