| Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama | |
| Official Name: | Iwatsuki Ward |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | Ward |
| Seal Alt: | 130px |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
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| Coordinates: | 35.95°N 139.6943°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kantō |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saitama |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Saitama |
| Area Total Km2: | 49.17 |
| Population Total: | 112862 |
| Population As Of: | March 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | -Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kerria japonica |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 048-835-3156 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 3-2-5 Honcho, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 339-8585 |
is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northeastern part of the city., the ward had an estimated population of 112,862 and a population density of 2,300 persons per km2. Its total area was 49.17sqkm.[1]
Iwasuki Ward is within the Kantō Plain, in the northeast portion of Saitama City.
Iwatsuki-ku is surrounded by Minuma-ku (west), Midori-ku (southwest), and the cities of Kawaguchi (south), Koshigaya (southeast), Kasukabe (northeast), Shiraoka (north), and Hasuda (northwest).
Iwatsuki developed from the Muromachi period as a castle town next to Iwatsuki Castle and the center of Iwatsuki Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. It was also a post town on the Nikkō Onari Kaidō connecting Edo with Nikko.
The modern town of Iwatsuki created within Minamisaitama District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On May 3, 1954, Iwatsuki merged with the neighboring villages of Niiwa, Wado, Kawadori, Kashiwazaki, Kawai and Jionji and was elevated to city status on July 1, 1954. On April 1, 2005, Iwatsuki merged with the city of Saitama, becoming Iwatsuki Ward.[2] Iwatsuki is known as the "City of Dolls" (人形のまち Ningyō no Machi) due to a history of doll-making that dates back to the 17th century.[3]
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