Shiki

Shiki is a city situated in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Starting at 1 February 2016, the city had an expected populace of 72,936, and a populace thickness of 8060 people for each km². Its absolute territory is 9.05 square kilometers. Situated in southern Saitama Prefecture on the eastern bank of the Arakawa River, Shiki is inside simple driving separation from downtown Tokyo.

The Arakawa River is a 173-kilometer long waterway that courses through Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo. It begins on Mount Kobushi in Saitama Prefecture, and discharges into Tokyo Bay. It has an all out catchment zone of 2,940 km2. The stream is one of Tokyo's significant wellsprings of faucet water, and together with the Tone River, represents around 80% of Tokyo's water supply. The zone of Shiki created from the Edo time frame as a stream port associating northern Kanto area with Edo.

The cutting edge town of Shiki was made inside Niikura District, Saitama with the foundation of the regions framework on April 1, 1889. Niikura District was nullified in 1894, winding up some portion of Kitaadachi District, Saitama. Shiki converged with neighboring Muraoka Village on May 3, 1955, turning into the town of Adachi. Adachi was raised to city status on October 26, 1970, and was renamed Shiki. Shiki has some light assembling, however is principally a room network for the Tokyo Metropolis, with more than 35 percent of its workforce driving to Tokyo every day.