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Honjo

Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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About Honjo

Honjo is a town positioned in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2016, the metropolis had an envisioned population of 77,880, and a populace density of 868 men and women consistent with km². Its total location is 89.69 rectangular kilometres. The area of Honjo has been inhabited due to the fact prehistoric instances and severa burial mounds from the Kofun period have been discovered in the location.

During the Kamakura duration, the area became dominated by means of the Honjo clan, who endured to rule over a castle town and subsequently the short-lived Honjo Domain in the course of the early Tokugawa shogunate of the Edo duration. After the suppression of Honjo Domain, the town endured to prosper as Honjo-juku, a post station at the Nakasendo dual carriageway. During the past due Edo duration and early Meiji duration, the area was stated for sericulture. The current metropolis of Honjo was created within Kodama District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities gadget on April 1, 1889.

Honjo become increased to metropolis repute on July 1, 1954 with the aid of merging with neighboring Fujita, Nitte, Asahi and Kitaizumi villages. On January 10, 2006, the city of Kodama become merged into Honjo. The economy of Honjo is primarily based on light and precision production and agriculture, and the town is also a local business center. Honjo has 13 basic faculties, four middle faculties, two blended middle/high faculties and four excessive faculties.

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