Satte ( 幸手市 , Satte-shi ) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 January 2021, the city had an estimated population of 50,256 in 22,853 households and a population density of 1,500 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,900/sq mi). The total area of the city is 33.93 square kilometres (13.10 sq mi).
15-476: Located in the flatlands far eastern Saitama Prefecture, Satte is at the convergence of Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki Prefectures, at an average altitude of approximately twenty metres (66 ft) above sea level. The Edo River and the Naka River flow through the city, which is approximately 50 km (31 mi) from downtown Tokyo. Chiba Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Satte has
30-626: A humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Satte is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,336 mm (52.6 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C (79.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.5 °C (38.3 °F) Per Japanese census data,
45-661: A high concentration of Indian origin families. The Indian community increased when engineers came to Japan to fix the Y2K bug . Indian people settled in Nishikasai due to the proximity to the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line , which connects to their places of employment. Nishikasai includes the Edogawa Indian Association. The head of the organization as of 2023, Jagmohan S. Chandrani, has been called
60-723: Is 49.90 km . The ward was founded in 1937 with the merger of seven towns and villages in Minami-Katsushika District : the towns of Koiwa and Komatsugawa, and the villages of Kasai, Matsue, Mizue, Shinozaki and Shikamoto. As of 2018 3,758 people of Indian ancestry, about 10% of the people of Indian origin in Japan and about 30% of the people of Indian origin in Tokyo Metropolis, reside in Edogawa Ward. The Nishikasai [ ja ] area has
75-654: Is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan . It takes its name from the Edo River that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City . The easternmost of the wards, it shares boundaries with the cities of Urayasu and Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture (to the east) and with the wards of Katsushika (to the north), Sumida and Kōtō (to
90-404: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Tokyo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Saitama Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Edogawa, Tokyo Edogawa ( 江戸川区 , Edogawa-ku )
105-646: The Tokugawa shogunate to protect the city of Edo from flooding. The Edo was used to connect the north and east of the Kantō region to the capital at Edo, specifically to transport large amounts of cargo from Chōshi and other cities on the Pacific Ocean coast inland to the capital. Before the industrialization of the Tokyo region the river was also used to cultivate lotus roots . Inland transportation ended in
120-648: The "father of Little India." Restaurants serving the cuisine of northern India opened in the northern part of the community, while the southern part had southern Indian restaurants. Global Indian International School Tokyo caters to the Indian expatriate community. Universities Metropolitan high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Private High Schools: International schools: Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by
135-569: The Minamikasai district of Edogawa, Tokyo . The Edo river has distance markers at every 250 meters that mark the distance from the river mouth that meets with the Tokyo Bay. 35°40′14″N 139°57′02″E / 35.670687°N 139.950556°E / 35.670687; 139.950556 (mouth) This Ibaraki Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Chiba Prefecture location article
150-641: The Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 14th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . The economy of Satte is primarily agricultural. [REDACTED] Tōbu Railway - Tobu Nikkō Line Edo River The Edo River ( 江戸川 , Edo-gawa ) is a river in the Kantō region of Japan . It splits from the Tone River at
165-546: The early 20th century due to the development of an extensive rail cargo network in the Kantō region, but the Edo River remains an important source of water for industrial production as well as drainage for the densely populated areas of metropolitan Tokyo. Tokyo Disneyland is located on landfill adjacent to a diverted branch of the Edo River known as the Kyū Edo River which empties into Tokyo Bay between Urayasu, Chiba and
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#1732780877151180-532: The northernmost tip of Noda City in the Sekiyado district, crosses through Nagareyama and Matsudo , and empties into Tokyo Bay at Ichikawa , Chiba Prefecture. The Edo forms the borders between Tokyo , Chiba , and Saitama prefectures. The Edo River is 59.5 kilometres (37.0 mi) long. The course of the Edo River was originally the lower course of the Tone River. The Tone was diverted in 1654 by
195-770: The population of Satte peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since. During the Kamakura period , Satte developed as a post town on the Kamakura Kaidō , and maintained that role through the Edo period with the Nikkō Kaidō and the Nikkō Onari Kaidō . The town of Satte was created within Kitakatsushika District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It
210-609: The west). It meets the city of Matsudo in Chiba at a point. Edogawa has a sister-city relationship with Gosford, New South Wales , Australia. Domestically, it has friendship ties with the cities of Azumino in Nagano Prefecture and Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture . As of January 1, 2020, the ward has an estimated population of 695,797, and a population density of 13,925 persons per km . The total area
225-410: Was raised to city status on October 1, 1986. Discussions to merge with neighboring Kuji and Washimiya in 2004 resulted in the selection of a new city name of Sakuranomiya ( 桜宮市 ) , but the merger never took place. Satte has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 15 members. Satte, together with the town of Sugito, contributes one member to
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