Kawajima
Kawajima is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the town had an estimated population of 19,653 in 8105 households and a population density of 470 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 41.63 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 20,800 residents
- Description: town in Hiki district, Saitama prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kawajima-machi”, “Kawajima, Saitama”, and “Kawashima Mura”
- Historically known as: “Kawajima-mura”
- Neighbors: Ageo, Higashimatsuyama, and Kawagoe
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tōyama Memorial Museum and Entsuuji Temple.
Tōyama Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: PekePON, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tōyama Memorial Museum opened in Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, in 1970. The dedicated museum building is situated amongst those of the residence built by founder of Nikkō Securities Tōyama Genichi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yoshimi-machi.
Yoshimi-machi
Town
Yoshimi is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021, the town had an estimated population of 18,594 in 7800 households and a population density of 480 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 38.64 square kilometres. Yoshimi-machi is situated 6 km northwest of Kawajima.
Kawajima
- Categories: town of Japan and locality
- Location: Hiki district, Saitama, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.9924° or 35° 59′ 33″ northLongitude
139.4841° or 139° 29′ 3″ eastPopulation
20,800Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)United Nations Location Code
JP JIMOpen location code
8Q7XXFRM+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 863580022OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kawajima” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاواجيما”
- Asturian: “Kawajima”
- Burmese: “ခါဝါဂျိမမြို့၊ ဆိုင်းတမ”
- Cebuano: “Kawajima Machi”
- Chinese: “川岛町”
- Chinese: “川島町”
- Czech: “Kawadžima”
- Dutch: “Kawajima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاواجيما”
- Esperanto: “Kaŭaĝima”
- French: “Kawajima”
- German: “Kawajima”
- Hungarian: “Kavadzsima”
- Indonesian: “Kawajima, Saitama”
- Irish: “Kawajima”
- Italian: “Kawajima”
- Japanese: “かわじままち”
- Japanese: “カワジママチ”
- Japanese: “川島村”
- Japanese: “川島町”
- Japanese: “比企郡川島町”
- Korean: “가와지마정”
- Malay: “Kawajima, Saitama”
- Malay: “Kawajima”
- Persian: “کاواجیما، سایتاما”
- Persian: “کاواجیما”
- Polish: “Kawajima”
- Portuguese: “Kawajima”
- Russian: “Кавадзима”
- Slovenian: “Kavadžima”
- Slovenian: “Kawajima”
- Spanish: “Kawajima”
- Swedish: “Kawajima”
- Tagalog: “Kawajima, Saitama”
- Tagalog: “Kawashima”
- Thai: “คาวาจิมะ”
- Turkish: “Kawajima”
- Ukrainian: “Каваджіма”
- Ukrainian: “Кавадзіма”
- Vietnamese: “Kawajima, Saitama”
- Vietnamese: “Kawajima”
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