Kamisato, Saitama

Kamisato　

上里町
Kamisato　上里町
Town
	Kamisato town office
	Flag Seal
	Location of Kamisato in Saitama Prefecture
	Kamisato
	Coordinates: 36°15′5.9″N 139°8′41.1″E / 36.251639°N 139.144750°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Saitama
District	Kodama
Area
• Total	29.18 km2 (11.27 sq mi)
Population (March 2021)
• Total	30,836
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Yaetsubaki
- Flower	Salvia splendens
Phone number	0495-35-1221
Address	982 Shichihongi, Kamisato-machi, Kodama-gun, Saitama-ken 369-0392
Website	Official website

Kamisato (上里町, Kamisato-machi) is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021^[update], the town had an estimated population of 30,836 in 13,055 households and a population density of 1100 persons per km².^[1] The total area of the town is 29.18 square kilometres (11.27 sq mi).

Geography

Kamisato is located on the extreme northwestern border of Saitama Prefecture, separated from Gunma Prefecture by the Kanna River, and isolated from the remainder of Saitama by the Chichibu Mountains.

Surrounding municipalities

Climate

Kamisato has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kamisato is 12.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1532 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.3 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Kamisato has increased rapidly from the 1980s.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	12,586	—
1930	13,264	+5.4%
1940	13,418	+1.2%
1950	17,056	+27.1%
1960	15,489	−9.2%
1970	15,652	+1.1%
1980	19,700	+25.9%
1990	24,626	+25.0%
2000	30,126	+22.3%
2010	30,990	+2.9%

History

The area of Kamisato was part of ancient Musashi Province. The villages of Jimbohara, Kami, Shichihongi and Nagahata were created within Kodama District with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Kamisato village was created on May 3, 1954 by the merger of these four villages. Kamisato was elevated to town status on November 3, 1971.

Government

Kamisato has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 14 members. Kamisato, together with the city of Honjō and town of Kamikawa, contributes two members to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Saitama 11th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.