Kawajima

Kawajima is a town located in , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 20,800 residents
  • Description: town in Hiki district, Saitama prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kawajima, Saitama”, “Kawashima Mura”, and “川島村”
  • Historically known as: “Kawajima-mura”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Toyama Memorial Museum and Entsuuji Temple.

Museum
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Tōyama Memorial Museum opened in Kawajima, , Japan, in 1970.

Buddhist temple
Photo: ミラー・ハイト, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Bridge
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yoshimi-machi.

Town
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Yoshimi is a town located in , Japan. is situated 6 km northwest of Kawajima.

Kawajima

Latitude
35.9924° or 35° 59′ 33″ north
Longitude
139.4841° or 139° 29′ 3″ east
Population
20,800
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
UN/LOCODE
JP JIM
Open location code
8Q7XXFRM+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 863580022
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1859710
Wiki­data ID
Q1203970
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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: “Kawajima-machi”
  • Japanese: “かわじままち”
  • Japanese: “カワジママチ”
  • Japanese: “川島町”
  • Korean: “가와지마마치”
  • Korean: “가와지마정”
  • Malay: “Kawajima, Saitama”
  • Malay: “Kawajima”
  • Persian: “کاواجیما”
  • Polish: “Kawajima”
  • Portuguese: “Kawajima”
  • Russian: “Кавадзима”
  • Slovenian: “Kavadžima”
  • Spanish: “Kawajima”
  • Swedish: “Kawajima”
  • Tagalog: “Kawajima, Saitama”
  • Tagalog: “Kawashima”
  • Thai: “คาวาจิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Kawajima”
  • Ukrainian: “Каваджіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Кавадзіма”
  • Urdu: “کاواجاما، سائیتاما”
  • Vietnamese: “Kawajima, Saitama”
  • Vietnamese: “Kawajima”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Shimoyatubayashi and Kamiyatsubayashi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 川島町役場 and 川島町立図書館.

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