Kawaguchi is a city in southeastern Saitama Prefecture, Japan, part of the Kanto region just north of Tokyo. As of April 2025 it had approximately 595,011 residents over about 62 square kilometers, making it the eighth most populous municipality in the Greater Tokyo Area and the second largest in Saitama Prefecture after Saitama city itself. The settlement first appears in an official record dated to 741 AD, and it was elevated to city status in 1933.
Facts
Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Kawaguchi, Saitama (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 593,900 (2021)
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.75, 139.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.75, 139.75
35.75 139.75 Cfa
3. GeoNames: Kawaguchi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1859730, place matched by name within the country (name and division match)Quote, cities500 record 1859730, place matched by name within the country (name and division match)
35.80521 139.71072 P PPLA2 JP 34 1859726 607373 6 Asia/Tokyo
Kawaguchi, Saitama (Wikipedia)
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Kawaguchi (川口市, Kawaguchi-shi) is a city located in southeastern Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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