Warabi ( 蕨市 , Warabi-shi ) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 February 2024 , the city had an estimated population of 75,614 in 41,025 households and a population density of 15,000 persons per km . The total area of the city is 5.11 square kilometres (1.97 sq mi). Warabi has the smallest area of any municipality in Japan, and highest population density outside of the special wards of Tokyo.
8-464: Warabi may refer to: Warabi, Saitama , a Japanese city Monjon , a type of rock-wallaby also called "warabi" Bracken ( warabi ), Japanese bracken fern Warabimochi , a wagashi traditionally made from warabi and served with kinako and kuromitsu Warabi , a Momi -class destroyer commissioned in 1921 and lost in collision with the light cruiser Jintsū off Cape Miho in 1927 Topics referred to by
16-556: A humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Warabi is 14.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1482 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.2 °C. Per Japanese census data,
24-656: A unicameral city council of 18 members. Warabi contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 15th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . The directly-elected executive mayor is Hideo Yoritaka , a member of the Japanese Communist Party . Warabi has many small and medium-sized factories, which have employed many foreign workers. In particular, many Iranians and Kurds fled
32-458: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Warabi, Saitama Warabi is located southeastern part of Saitama Prefecture, bordering Saitama City in the north, Toda in the west, and Kawaguchi in the east. The city area is in the Arakawa lowland and averages 4.8 meters above sea level. Land use mainly consists of residential areas. Warabi has
40-478: The Saitama Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one combined private middle/high school. [REDACTED] JR East – Keihin-Tohoku line In 1989, the character Wallaby was designed by a competition entrant to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Warabi. In 2009, the characters design was changed to celebrate the 50th anniversary. In Japanese, Wallaby translates to "Warabi", which is the same as
48-543: The ethnic problems and wars in the Middle East, and have settled in Warabi. Recently, the ratio of Chinese residents is the highest in Saitama Prefecture. The bulk of the working population commutes to Saitama City or Tokyo Metropolis , making Warabi largely a commuter town . Warabi has seven public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by
56-523: The population of Warabi has remained relatively constant over the past 50 years. Warabi developed from the Muromachi period as Warabi-shuku , a post town on the Nakasendō highway. It was created as a town with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on 1 April 1889 and was elevated to city status on 1 April 1959. Warabi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and
64-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Warabi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warabi&oldid=1227796161 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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