is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northeastern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated population of 119,298 and a population density of 9,300 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. Its total area was . Although Urawa-ku is the governmental center of Saitama City, à Âmiya-ku is the most active commercial and business centre in both Saitama City and Saitama Prefecture thanks to its transport infrastructure, especially railways connected at à Âmiya Station.
à Âmiya Ward is within the à Âmiya Terrace of the Kantà  Plain, in the center of Saitama City. It is in the Greater Tokyo Area and about 25 km north of central Tokyo.
à Âmiya-ku is surrounded by Nishi-ku (to the west), Kita-ku (north), Minuma-ku (east), Urawa-ku (southeast), Chà «à Â-ku (south), and Sakura-ku (southwest).
à Âmiya derives its name from a famous Shinto shrine, the Hikawa Shrine, which has been a place of pilgrimage since at least the Heian period. During the Edo period, the area flourished as à Âmiya-shuku, a post station on the Nakasendà  highway, which connected Edo with Kyoto. Following the Meiji restoration, it became part of Urawa Prefecture which merged with Iwatsuki, Urawa, and Oshi Prefectures in 1871 to form Saitama Prefecture. The modern town of à Âmiya was officially created within Kitaadachi District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889.
On November 3, 1940, Ã Âmiya merged with the neighboring villages of Mihashi, Osato, Miyahara and Nisshin and was elevated to city status. Ã Âmiya continued to expand after the end of the war, absorbing the villages of Sashiougi, Mamiya, Uemizu, Katayanagi, Haruoka, and Nanasato on January 1, 1955.
On May 1, 2001, à Âmiya merged with Urawa and Yono to form Saitama City. In April 2003 Saitama became a city designated by government ordinance, and now the area of former à Âmiya City was divided between Kita-ku (north), Minuma-ku (east), Nishi-ku (west), and à Âmiya-ku (south).
Tertiary:
Urawa-ku has nine elementary schools, seven junior high schools, and eight high schools.
Public junior high schools:
Municipal elementary schools:
The ward also has a North Korean school, Saitama Korean Elementary and Middle School (). This school was previously in the City of à Âmiya.
JR East â Tohoku Shinkansen / Joetsu Shinkansen / Akita Shinkansen / Yamagata Shinkansen / Hokuriku Shinkansen / Kawagoe Line
JR East â Tohoku Main Line / Takasaki Line / Keihin Tohoku Line
Tà Âbu Railway â Tà Âbu Urban Park Line
Saitama New Urban Transit ("New Shuttle") - Ina Line