Sōka

As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 243,111 and a population density of 8,866.19 persons per km². The total area is 27.42 km² (10.59 sq mi).

Geography

Situated in the southeast corner of Saitama Prefecture, Sōka is surrounded to the east by the cities of Yashio, Misato and Yoshikawa, and to the west by Kawaguchi. To the north is Koshigaya City and to the south Adachi City of Metropolitan Tokyo. It is approximately 30 kilometers away from Tokyo.

Sōka, once a peaceful agricultural area surrounded by water and greenery, lies in the Nakagawa-ayase basin, an area referred to as the Nakagawa-teichi district. This alluvial plain spreads over the central part of the Kanto Plain. As a result of urbanization, the once abundant greenery and clean water was adversely affected. Now, Sōka is promoting a "town of greenery and water based on history and the natural features of the area". Creation of areas of greenery reflecting the changes of the four seasons, and the restoration of waterways and environs is being advanced.

On November 1, 1958 Soka was incorporated as a city with a population of 34,878. Following this, rapid population expansion and urbanization took hold due to strong economic growth which was fueled by its proximity to Tokyo.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sōka is twinned with:

Carson, California, United States (1979)
Shōwa, Fukushima, Japan (1985)
Anyang, China (1998)

External links

Sōka City official website (Japanese)

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

Metropolitan cities of Japan

Tokyo Metropolis	Special wards of Tokyo (Adachi Arakawa Bunkyo Chiyoda Chūō Edogawa Itabashi Katsushika Kita Koto Meguro Minato Nakano Nerima Ōta Setagaya Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Suginami Sumida Toshima Taitō)

Designated cities	Chiba Fukuoka Hamamatsu Hiroshima Kawasaki Kitakyushu Kobe Kumamoto Kyoto Nagoya Niigata Okayama Osaka Sagamihara Saitama Sakai Sapporo Sendai Shizuoka Yokohama

Core cities	Akita Amagasaki Aomori Asahikawa Fukuyama Funabashi Gifu Hakodate Higashiōsaka Himeji Iwaki Kagoshima Kanazawa Kashiwa Kawagoe Kōchi Kōriyama Kurashiki Kurume Maebashi Matsuyama Miyazaki Morioka Naha Nagano Nagasaki Nara Nishinomiya Ōita Okazaki Ōtsu Shimonoseki Takamatsu Takasaki Takatsuki Toyama Toyohashi Toyonaka Toyota Utsunomiya Wakayama Yokosuka

Special cities	Akashi Atsugi Chigasaki Fuji Fukui Hachinohe Hirakata Hiratsuka Ibaraki Ichinomiya Isesaki Jōetsu Kakogawa Kasugai Kasukabe Kawaguchi Kishiwada Kōfu Koshigaya Kumagaya Kure Matsue Matsumoto Mito Nagaoka Neyagawa Numazu Odawara Ōta Sasebo Sōka Suita Takarazuka Tokorozawa Tottori Tsukuba Yamagata Yamato Yao Yokkaichi

Prefectural capitals (not included above)	Fukushima Tsu Saga Tokushima Yamaguchi

Authority control	NDL: 00302897

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