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The city was named for the 12th-century warrior Kumagai Naozane, and was a post town and silk market during the Edo Period). It was designated as a city on April 1, 1933. The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Edo Period. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

As of 2007, the city has an estimated population of 204,789. The total area is 159.88 km². 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

The city merged with the towns of Osato and Menuma from Osato District to form the new city of Kumagaya on October 1, 2005. (the old city of Kumagaya is dissolved) Also on February 13, 2007, the city added the town of Konan in Osato District, and become the 1st city ever to have an population of more than 200,000 in the Northern Saitama Prefecture. With these mergers occurred, the city has enough requirements to become a special city, and the city is scheduled to file to become a special city.

Festival

• Uchiwa Matsuri

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Transportation

• Kumagaya station, JR East Takasaki Line (It takes about 70 minutes from Ueno station (Tokyo) to Kumagaya station by regional train, or 30 minutes by Joetsu Shinkansen.)
• Kumagaya station, Chichibu Railway
• National Highway Routes 17, 125, 140 and 407 run through Kumagaya.

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Sister cities

• Invercargill in New Zealand.

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Education

Elementary Schools

Junior High Schools

Senior High Schools

Universities

• Rissyo University(立正大学) - Kumagaya campus

External links

• Kumagaya official website in Japanese
• Kumagaya official website in English
• Kumagaya general information

Saitama Prefecture
Saitama City
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Cities
Ageo | Asaka | Chichibu | Fujimi | Fujimino | Fukaya | Gyoda | Hanno | Hanyu | Hasuda | Hatogaya | Hidaka | Higashimatsuyama | Honjo | Iruma | Kasukabe | Kawagoe | Kawaguchi | Kazo | Kitamoto | Koshigaya | Kounosu | Kuki | Kumagaya | Misato | Niiza | Okegawa | Saitama (capital) | Sakado | Satte | Sayama | Shiki | Soka | Toda | Tokorozawa | Tsurugashima | Wakō | Warabi | Yashio | Yoshikawa
Districts
Chichibu | Hiki | Iruma | Kitaadachi | Kitakatsushika | Kitasaitama | Kodama | Minami Saitama | Osato
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