Saitama Japan

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Saitama Japan
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Type of Municipality City
Date Established 1922
Area 83.95 sq.mi217.43 sq.km <br />53,728 Acres <br />
Elevation 65 ft19.812 m <br />
Population 13248541,324,854 people <br />
Timezone UTC+9
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Saitama is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance. Being in the Greater Tokyo Area and lying 15 to 30 kilometres north of central Tokyo, many of its residents commute into Tokyo. As of 1 February 2021, the city had an estimated population of 1,324,854, and a population density of 6,093 people per km² (15,781 people per mi²). Its total area is 217.43 square kilometres (83.95 sq mi).

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UDCMilogo.png Saitama City Smart Community Project
We developed a Smart Community Information Platform (SCIP) for achieving security and privacy management of smart city data and providing smart city data services considering time-, privacy-, and location- critical problems. We are implementing the information platform for providing smart town services for 32,000 residents in 230-hectare area of Misono Town, Saitama City as a testing site of SCIP.

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