Sister States and Provinces of Saitama Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture is active in providing its citizens with international exchange opportunities to help them acknowledge differences in language, religion and culture so that they can develop deeper understanding and trust with people throughout the world. The prefecture places particular focus on five states/provinces of five countries with which it makes exchange in a wide range of fields such as the environment, medicine and education.

	Area (km)	Population (thousand)	Capital (Population)	Time difference (h) (Daylight saving time)
State of Mexico (Mexico)	22,500	16,188 (2015)	Toluca (820,000)	-15 (-14)
Shanxi Province (China)	156,700	36,641 (2016)	Taiyuan (4.2million)	-1
State of Queensland (Australia)	1,730,648	4,877 (2016)	Brisbane (2.08 million)	+1
State of Ohio (USA)	106,067	11,614 (2015)	Columbus (810,000)	-14 (-13)
State of Brandenburg (Germany)	29,654	2,485 (2015)	Potsdam (170,000)	-8 (-7)
Saitama Prefecture	3,798	7,292 (2016)	Saitama City (1.28 million)	--

Sister states, regions and cities of Saitama Prefecture and cities and towns in the prefecture