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'Chūō-ku' (中央区, Chūō-ku, literally the "Central ward") is a ward (pop. 137,500) of Saitama City, Japan. It includes the geographical centre of the city. It is surrounded by Sakura-ku (to the west), Minami-ku (south), Urawa-ku (east) and Ōmiya-ku (north) of Saitama city.
It is a part of the Greater Tokyo Area and located about 20 kilometres north of central Tokyo.
Although its name is taken from the centre, it does not necessarily mean it function as the administrative (Urawa-ku), commercial or business (Ōmiya-ku) centre. It is rather sprawls from those centres.

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Former Yono town-city (1889-1958-2001) and current Chūō-ku

Former Yono town-city (1889-1958-2001) and current Chūō-ku

Until May 1, 2001 the city of Yono of Saitama Prefecture existed between cities of Urawa and Ōmiya. It then merged with Ōmiya and Urawa to form the new capital City of Saitama. When April 2003 Saitama City became a city designated by government ordinance, Chūō-ku was created to cover the area of whole former Yono city and small parts of former Urawa and Ōmiya cities. (Saitama New Urban Center's west of Utsunomiya Line.)