Kōnosu
city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Kōnosu (鴻巣市, Kōnosu-shi) is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2021, the city had an estimated population of 117,995 in 50,801 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 67.44 square kilometres (26.04 square miles).
Geography
Located in east-central Saitama Prefecture, Kōnosu is on the central reaches of the Arakawa River, which flows through the west of the city, whereas the Motoara River flows from the southeastern to central portion.
Surrounding municipalities
Saitama Prefecture
Climate
Kōnosu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kōnosu is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1335 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.6 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kōnosu has recently plateaued after a long period of growth.
History
In ancient times, the area around Kōnosu was the center of Musashi Province and there are many kofun burial mounds. The area was a favored falconry site by the Tokugawa shoguns during the Edo period and was also the location of Kōnosu-shuku, a post station on the Nakasendō highway.
The town of Kōnosu was created within Kitaadachi District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889.
“Kōnosu” enters the record as city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kōnosu, city and Saitama can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Kōnosu” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kōnosu, city and Saitama provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q734541. VIAF identifies the subject as 254408913. The Library of Congress control number is n82081241. Authority coordinates are 36.066, 139.522. 3 of 8 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1700, 1335 and 1889.
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Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kōnosu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.