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Yoshikawa is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, in the central Kantō region of Japan., the city had an estimated population of 69,970 and a population density of 2210 persons per km². Its total area was 31.66sqkm.GeographyLocated in far eastern Saitama Prefecture, Yoshikawa is on the central reaches of the Edo River and the Naka River, and is approximately 20 kilometers from downtown Tokyo.Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture Koshigaya Sōka Misato Matsubushi Nagareyama NodaHistoryThe area of modern Yoshikawa was tenryō territory within Shimōsa Province during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The village of Yoshikawa was created within Kitakatsushika District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to town status on November 1, 1915. On March 1, 1955, Yoshikawa annexed the neighboring villages of Asahi and Miwanoe. The population began to rapidly increase in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and Yoshikawa was elevated to city status on April 1, 1996.