Sakado, Saitama#High schools

Sakado is located in the geographic center of Saitama Prefecture, about 40 kilometers from downtown Tokyo. The terrain is generally flat. The Koma River flows from the southwest to the northeast of the city.

Saitama Prefecture

• Hatoyama
• Hidaka
• Higashimatsuyama
• Kawagoe
• Kawajima
• Moroyama
• Tsurugashima

Sakado has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sakado is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1382 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/saitama/sakado-5642/ Sakado climate data]

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-saitama.php Sakado population statistics] the population of Sakado has increased rapidly towards the end of the 20th century due to new town developments. It has since leveled off.

{{Historical populations

| 1950 | 23,682

| 1960 | 23,569

| 1970 | 27,308

| 1980 | 77,335

| 1990 | 95,740

| 2000 | 97,381

| 2010 | 101,700

| 2020 | 100,275

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Sakado-juku was a post station on the Nikkō Wakiōkan highway connecting Hachiōji with Nikkō from the Muromachi period onwards. During the late Edo period and early Meiji period, the area was noted for sericulture. The village of Sakado was created within Iruma District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889 and was elevated to city status on December 10, 1896. On July 1, 1954, Sakado annexed the neighboring villages of Miyoshino, Issai, Oya and Suguro. On September 1, 1976, Sakado was elevated to city status.

Sakado has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members. Sakado contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 10th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Sakado is a regional commercial center with some light and precision manufacturing and food processing, and is increasingly a commuter town for Tokyo Metropolis.

• Josai University
• Kagawa Nutrition University
• Meikai University School of Dentistry

• Sakado High School
• Sakado Nishi High School
• Senior High School at Sakado, University of Tsukuba
• Yamamura International High School

Sakado has 11 public elementary schools and seven public middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one national high school and one private high school. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

32px Tōbu Railway - Tōbu Tōjō Line

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• {{flagicon|United States of America}} Dothan, Alabama, United States, since March 1988{{cite web |url= http://www.city.sakado.lg.jp/17,1245,25.html|script-title=ja:姉妹都市|trans-title= Sister cities|publisher= Sakado City|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224012843/http://www.city.sakado.lg.jp/17,1245,25.html|archive-date=2008-02-24|url-status= dead|access-date= 9 October 2011}}

The city mascot {{Nihongo|"Sakacchi"|さかっち}} was created in 2006 to mark the 30th anniversary of Sakado gaining city status.Sakado Yosakoi: [http://www.sakadoyosakoi.com/about/sakacchi.html All about Sakacchi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827002753/http://www.sakadoyosakoi.com/about/sakacchi.html |date=2009-08-27 }} Retrieved on 8 August 2009 {{in lang|ja}}

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• Xien Ten Gong, the largest Taoist temple in Japan, is located in Sakado.{{cite web |url= http://www.koedo.org/news/20673.html|script-title=ja:地域ニュース：　聖天宮|trans-title= Local News: Xien Ten Gong|date= 3 December 2009|publisher= Koedo Net|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 20 July 2011}}
• Yosakoi festival held annually in Sakado in August since 2001.[http://www.sakadoyosakoi.com/index.html Sakado Yosakoi official website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809143042/http://www.sakadoyosakoi.com/index.html |date=2009-08-09 }} Retrieved on 8 August 2009 {{in lang|ja}}

• Takaki Horigome, musician, Kirinji
• Yasuyuki Horigome, musician, Kirinji

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