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Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Saitama CityCity
Saitama PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Saitama1,193,350 (2017)
Yono1,077,730 (2018)
Iwatsuki108,833 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
338790
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:338790:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Saitama, Saitama, Japon
German:
Saitama, Präfektur Saitama, Japan
Italian:
Saitama, prefettura di Saitama, Giappone
Russian:
Сайтама, Сайтама, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
埼玉市, 埼玉縣, 日本
Spanish:
Saitama, Prefectura de Saitama, Japón
Afrikaans:
Saitama, Saitama Prefektuur, Japan
Arabic:
سايتاما , سايتاما, اليابان
Armenian:
Սայտամա , Սայտամա, Ճապոնիա
Aromanian:
Saitama, Japonia
Azeri:
Saitama, Saytama, Yaponiya
Basque:
Saitama, Saitama, Japonia
Belarusian:
Сайтама, Сайтама , Японія
Bengali:
সাইতামা, সাইতামা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল, জাপান
Breton:
Saitama, Japan
Bulgarian:
Сайтама, Сайтама, Япония
Catalan:
Saitama, prefectura de Saitama, Japó
Cebuano:
Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken, Hapon
Chechen:
Сайтама, Япон
Classical Chinese:
埼玉市, 埼玉縣, 日本
Croatian:
Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Czech:
Saitama, Prefektura Saitama, Japonsko
Danish:
Saitama, Saitama-præfekturet, Japan
Dutch:
Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Egyptian Arabic:
سايتاما , اليابان
Esperanto:
Saitama, Gubernio Saitama, Japanio
Estonian:
Saitama, Saitama prefektuur, Jaapan
Faroese:
Saitama, Japan
Farsi/Persian:
سایتاما, استان سایتاما, ژاپن
Finnish:
Saitama, Saitaman prefektuuri, Japani
Galician:
Saitama, Prefectura de Saitama, Xapón
Greek:
Σαϊτάμα, Σαϊτάμα, Ιαπωνία
Gujarati:
સૈતામા, સૈતામા પ્રીફેકચર, જાપાન
Hakka:
Saitama-sṳ, Saitama-yen, Ngi̍t-pún
Hebrew:
סאיטאמה, סאיטאמה, יפן
Hindi:
सैटामा, सैतामा प्रीफेक्चर, जापान
Hungarian:
Szaitama, Saitama prefektúra, Japán
Indonesian:
Saitama, Prefektur Saitama, Jepang
Japanese:
さいたま市, 埼玉県, 日本
Kannada:
ಸೈತಮಾ, ಸೈತಮಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್, ಜಪಾನ್
Kikuyu:
Saitama, Japan
Korean:
사이타마시, 사이타마현, 일본
Kyrgyz:
Сайтама, Япония
Latin:
Saitama, Iaponia
Latvian:
Saitama, Saitamas prefektūra, Japāna
Lithuanian:
Saitama, Saitamos prefektūra, Japonija
Macedonian:
Сајтама, Сајтама, Јапонија
Malay:
Saitama, Wilayah Saitama, Jepun
Maori:
Saitama, Nipono
Marathi:
सैतामा, सैतामा, जपान
Mazanderani:
سایتاما, جاپون
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Saitama-chhī, Saitama-koān, Ji̍t-pún
Mongolian:
Сайтама, Сайтама аймаг, Япон
Norwegian:
Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Occitan:
Saitama, Prefectura de Saitama, Japon
Polish:
Saitama, Prefektura Saitama, Japonia
Portuguese:
Saitama, Saitama, Japão
Quechua:
Saitama, Nihun
Romanian:
Saitama, Prefectura Saitama, Japonia
Scots:
Saitama, Saitama Prefectur, Japan
Serbian:
Саитама, Саитама, Јапан
Serbo-Croatian:
Saitama, Prefektura Saitama, Japan
Silesian:
Saitama, Japůńijo
Sinhalese:
සයිටාමා, සයිටාමා ප්‍රාන්තය, ජපානය
Slovak:
Saitama, Saitama, Japonsko
Slovenian:
Saitama, prefektura Saitama, Japonska
South Azerbaijani:
سایتاما, سایتاما اوستانی, ژاپون
Sundanese:
Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Jepang
Swahili:
Saitama, Mkoa wa Saitama, Japani
Swedish:
Saitama, Saitama prefektur, Japan
Tagalog:
Lungsod ng Saitama, Prepektura ng Saitama, Hapon
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Саитама, Префектураи Саитама, Ҷопон
Tamil:
சாய்டாமா, சைடமா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே, யப்பான்
Tatar:
Сайтама, Япония
Telugu:
సైటామా, సాయిటామా ప్రిఫెక్చర్, జపాన్
Thai:
ไซตามะ, จังหวัดไซตามะ, ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
Traditional Chinese:
埼玉市, 埼玉縣, 日本
Tumbuka:
Saitama, Japan
Turkish:
Saitama, Saitama ili, Japonya
Ukrainian:
Сайтама, Префектура Сайтама, Японія
Urdu:
سائیتاما, سایتاما, جاپان
Vietnamese:
Saitama, Saitama, Nhật Bản
Waray:
Saitama, Saitama, Hapon
Welsh:
Saitama, Saitama, Japan


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences13
Youngest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Hexanchus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Hexanchiformes : Hexanchidae : Hexanchus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Squatina
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Squatiniformes : Squatinidae : Squatina23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Odontaspis
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Odontaspis23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Carcharhinus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Negaprion
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Negaprion23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Scomberomorus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Scombridae : Scomberomorus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Cosmopolitodus hastalis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Odontaspidida : Carcharodontidae : Cosmopolitodus : Cosmopolitodus hastalis23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Otodus megalodon
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : Otodus megalodon23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Galeocerdo aduncus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Galeocerdo : Galeocerdo aduncus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Cetorhinus maximus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Cetorhinidae : Cetorhinus : Cetorhinus maximus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Isurus desori
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus : Isurus desori23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saitama_(city)
Wikidata ID:Q134635
GeoNames ID:1849187


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