Hiki District, Saitama

Hiki (比企郡, Hiki-gun) is a district in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 145,235 and a population density of 515.31 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 281.84 km².

Towns and villages

• Hatoyama
• Kawajima
• Namegawa
• Ogawa
• Ranzan
• Tokigawa
• Yoshimi

History

At the end of the Heian Period, the Hiki clan ruled the area now within Hiki District.

On February 1, 2006, the former village of Tokigawa absorbed the village of Tamagawa to form the new town of Tokigawa.

Saitama Prefecture Saitama (capital city) Chūō-ku Iwatsuki-ku Kita-ku Midori-ku Minami-ku Minuma-ku Nishi-ku Ōmiya-ku Sakura-ku Urawa-ku Cities Ageo Asaka Chichibu Fujimi Fujimino Fukaya Gyōda Hannō Hanyū Hasuda Hidaka Higashi-Matsuyama Honjō Iruma Kasukabe Kawagoe Kawaguchi Kazo Kitamoto Koshigaya Kōnosu Kuki Kumagaya Misato Niiza Okegawa Saitama (capital) Sakado Satte Sayama Shiki Shiraoka Sōka Toda Tokorozawa Tsurugashima Wakō Warabi Yashio Yoshikawa Districts Chichibu Hiki Iruma Kita-Adachi Kita-Katsushika Kodama Minami-Saitama Ōsato Former districts Kitasaitama See also: Towns and villages by district

Coordinates: 36°01′37″N 139°18′14″E / 36.027°N 139.304°E / 36.027; 139.304