Wako

Wakō is a city located in , Japan. As of 1 January 2021, the city had an estimated population of 84,161 in 42,434 households and a population density of 7600 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 11.04 square kilometres.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: City with 82,000 residents
  • Description: city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Wakō”, “Wako City”, “Wako-shi”, “Wakō-shi”, and “Wakō, Saitama”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Asaka Station and JGSDF Public Information Center.

Railway station
Photo: 京浜にけ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a passenger railway station located in the city of , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.

Museum
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is a museum.

College
Photo: あさ？ひ～わ！, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asaka and Akatsuka.

Photo: urawa, CC BY 2.0.
is a small city in , right across the river from . is primarily a bedroom community with over 37% of its population commuting to the Tokyo metropolis for work.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
Photo: Missmikage, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter.

Wako

Latitude
35.7817° or 35° 46′ 54″ north
Longitude
139.6059° or 139° 36′ 21″ east
Population
82,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Inception
October 31st, 1970
United Nations Location Code
JP WOT
Open location code
8Q7XQJJ4+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 622868936
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1907300
Wiki­data ID
Q658058
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Satellite Map

Discover Wako from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Wako” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واكو، سايتاما”
  • Arabic: “واكو”
  • Armenian: “Վակո”
  • Asturian: “Wakō”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াক”
  • Catalan: “Wakō”
  • Cebuano: “Wakō-shi”
  • Chechen: “Вако”
  • Chinese: “Wakô-chhī”
  • Chinese: “和光”
  • Chinese: “和光市”
  • Czech: “Wakó”
  • Danish: “Wako”
  • Dutch: “Wako”
  • Esperanto: “Ŭakō”
  • Esperanto: “Vakō”
  • Finnish: “Wakō”
  • French: “Wakō”
  • Galician: “Wakō”
  • German: “Wako”
  • German: “Wakō”
  • Greek: “Βακό”
  • Gujarati: “વાકો”
  • Hindi: “वाको सिटी”
  • Hungarian: “Vakó”
  • Indonesian: “Wakō, Saitama”
  • Indonesian: “Wakō”
  • Irish: “Wakō”
  • Italian: “Wakō”
  • Japanese: “Wakō-shi”
  • Japanese: “わこうし”
  • Japanese: “和光”
  • Japanese: “和光市”
  • Japanese: “大和町”
  • Kannada: “ವಕೊ”
  • Korean: “와꼬시”
  • Korean: “와코시”
  • Latvian: “Vaka”
  • Literary Chinese: “和光市”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakas”
  • Malay: “Wakō, Saitama”
  • Malay: “Wako”
  • Marathi: “वको”
  • Mazanderani: “واکو، سایتاما”
  • Mazanderani: “واکو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wakô-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wako”
  • Persian: “واکو”
  • Polish: “Wako”
  • Polish: “Wakō”
  • Portuguese: “Wako”
  • Romanian: “Wako”
  • Romanian: “Wakō”
  • Russian: “Вако”
  • Sinhala: “වකෝ”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واکو، سایتاما”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واکو”
  • Spanish: “Wakō”
  • Swedish: “Wakō, Saitama”
  • Swedish: “Wakō”
  • Tagalog: “Wako, Saitama”
  • Tagalog: “Wako”
  • Tajik: “Уако”
  • Tamil: “வாகோ”
  • Tatar: “Вако”
  • Telugu: “వాకో”
  • Thai: “วาโก”
  • Turkish: “Wakō”
  • Ukrainian: “Вако”
  • Urdu: “واکو، سائیتاما”
  • Urdu: “واکو”
  • Uzbek: “Wako”
  • Vietnamese: “Wakō, Saitama”
  • Vietnamese: “Wakō”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wakō, Saitama”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wakō”
  • Yue Chinese: “和光”
  • “Wakō”
  • “Wakō-shi”
  • “和光市”

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