Satte, Saitama


Satte is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 50,256 in 22,853 households and a population density of. The total area of the city is.

Geography

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 above sea level. The Edo River and the Naka River flow through the city, which is approximately from downtown Tokyo.

Surrounding municipalities

Ibaraki Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
Satte has a humid subtropical climate characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Satte is. The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Satte peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.

History

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 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, but the merger never took place.

Government

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 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.

Economy

The economy of Satte is primarily agricultural.

Education

Railway

- Tobu Nikkō Line
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    Highway

  • Local attractions

  • Gongendo Tsutsumi. About 1,000 Yoshino cherry trees are spread out over 1 km along the top of the levee of the Gongendo river. During cherry blossom season, many visitors from all over the prefecture and beyond come to enjoy the picturesque pink and yellow of cherry and rapeseed blossoms, and vendors set up stalls. The levee is also sown with hydrangea and red spider lilies, which bloom in the summer and fall.

    Notable people from Satte

  • Kagami Yoshimizu, the creator of the Lucky Star series, was born in Satte. Although he has now moved out of Satte, his house was turned into the Lucky Star Museum, made to resemble Konata Izumi's house for a few years. The museum is now closed.