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Sōka was once a peaceful agricultural area surrounded by water and greenery, but as a result of urbanization, the once abundant greenery and clean water was adversely affected. Now, Sōka is promoting a "town of greenery and water based on history and the natural features of the area". Creation of
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form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
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2881:Kashiwa
2861:Machida
2786:Matsudo
2715:Edogawa
2700:Okayama
2675:Niigata
2629:Saitama
2609:Fukuoka
2604:Sapporo
2508:also a
2452:Tsukuba
2422:Odawara
2412:Nagaoka
2392:Kasugai
2377:Isesaki
2372:Ibaraki
2289:Tottori
2249:Okazaki
2209:Morioka
2134:Kawagoe
2129:Kashiwa
1996:Sapporo
1986:Saitama
1971:Okayama
1966:Niigata
1921:Fukuoka
1891:Toshima
1866:Shibuya
1811:Edogawa
1801:Chiyoda
1791:Arakawa
1619:Miyoshi
1607:Yoshimi
1469:Okegawa
1310:Kawagoe
1217:Saitama
1207:capital
1202:Saitama
966:removed
951:sources
865:twinned
822:Highway
816:Shinden
784:Railway
728:Economy
720:of the
716:of the
674:on the
620:History
610:248,304
599:243,855
588:225,018
577:206,132
566:186,618
558:+219.9%
555:123,269
493:Climate
353:Website
345:Address
287:249,645
220:Saitama
194:Country
3236:Minato
3226:Joetsu
3221:Numazu
3191:Yamato
3186:Atsugi
3161:Sumida
3126:Sasebo
3091:Meguro
3041:Akashi
3026:Kurume
3021:Aomori
2891:Nagano
2851:Toyota
2846:Toyama
2745:Himeji
2720:Adachi
2695:Nerima
2639:Sendai
2588:Nagoya
2457:Yamato
2417:Numazu
2382:Jōetsu
2352:Atsugi
2309:Toyota
2294:Toyama
2259:Sasebo
2219:Nagano
2184:Matsue
2174:Kurume
2099:Himeji
2044:Aomori
2029:Akashi
2001:Sendai
1961:Nagoya
1886:Sumida
1851:Nerima
1846:Nakano
1841:Minato
1836:Meguro
1796:Bunkyō
1786:Adachi
1680:Misato
1658:Sugito
1597:Ranzan
1565:Yokoze
1550:Minano
1519:Yashio
1514:Warabi
1484:Sayama
1474:Sakado
1459:Misato
1449:Kōnosu
1419:Hidaka
1414:Hasuda
1394:Fukaya
1384:Fujimi
1362:Cities
1274:Sakura
1259:Minuma
1254:Minami
1249:Midori
905:Anyang
867:with:
752:senbei
748:, the
738:senbei
664:tenryo
580:+10.5%
569:+51.4%
544:38,533
485:Adachi
468:Yashio
463:Misato
317:- Tree
203:Region
3206:Chōfu
3086:Fukui
2981:Akita
2951:Kochi
2946:Iwaki
2926:Suita
2670:Sakai
2660:Chiba
2619:Kyoto
2583:Osaka
2572:Tokyo
2269:Suita
2144:Kōchi
2114:Iwaki
2054:Fukui
2034:Akita
1991:Sakai
1976:Osaka
1956:Kyoto
1916:Chiba
1896:Taitō
1761:Japan
1704:Yorii
1629:Ogose
1592:Ogawa
1560:Ogano
1489:Shiki
1479:Satte
1464:Niiza
1434:Iruma
1429:Honjō
1409:Hanyū
1404:Hannō
1399:Gyōda
1374:Asaka
1279:Urawa
1269:Ōmiya
1264:Nishi
1226:Wards
909:Henan
750:Sōka
736:Miso
626:Yayoi
613:+1.8%
607:2020
602:+8.4%
596:2010
591:+9.2%
585:2000
574:1990
563:1980
552:1970
541:1960
480:Tokyo
406:Japan
396:is a
321:Pinus
306:UTC+9
208:Kantō
197:Japan
3282:Sōka
3196:Ageo
3166:Fuji
3156:Sōka
3146:Saga
3106:Mito
3001:Naha
2986:Ōtsu
2976:Kita
2921:Nara
2866:Gifu
2831:Kōtō
2806:Oita
2614:Kobe
2437:Sōka
2432:Saga
2362:Fuji
2254:Ōtsu
2244:Ōita
2229:Nara
2214:Naha
2204:Mito
2169:Kure
2149:Kōfu
2074:Gifu
1946:Kobe
1831:Kōtō
1826:Kita
1806:Chūō
1509:Wakō
1499:Toda
1454:Kuki
1439:Kazo
1369:Ageo
1353:Sōka
1244:Kita
1234:Chūō
1132:2015
949:any
947:cite
808:Sōka
530:Pop.
526:Year
398:city
377:Sōka
266:Area
144:Sōka
104:Seal
94:Flag
49:Sōka
3076:Yao
3051:Tsu
2705:Ōta
2484:Tsu
2427:Ōta
2324:Yao
1856:Ōta
1759:of
1641:Ina
960:by
654:in
503:Cfa
400:in
383:草加市
55:草加市
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