Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
■ ― Designated cities
■ ― Core cities
■ ― Special cities
City designated by government ordinance (政令指定都市, seirei shitei toshi), also known as a designated city (指定都市, shitei toshi) or government ordinance city (政令市, seirei shi), is a defined class or category of Japanese cities. It is a local administrative division created by the national government. These cities all have a population over 500,000 people.[1]
History[change | change source]
The designated cites or ordinance cities were created because of the Local Autonomy Law of Japan. Each city does many of the things normally done by prefectures.[1]
List[change | change source]
Cities designated by government ordinance recognized starting in 1956.[2] There are 20+ of these cities, including
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- Chiba, 1992[3]
- Fukuoka, 1972[3]
- Hamamatsu, 2007[3]
- Hiroshima, 1980[3]
- Kawasaki, 1972[3]
- Kitakyushu, 1963[3]
- Kyoto[1]
- Kobe[1]
- Kumamoto, Kumamoto
- Kyoto
- Nagoya[1]
- Niigata[1]
- Okayama[1]
- Osaka[4]
- Sagamihara[1]
- Saitama[1]
- Sakai[4]
- Sapporo[1]
- Sendai[1]
- Shizuoka[1]
- Yokohama[1]
- tokyo
- nakasaki
- doan
Related pages[change | change source]
| Administrative divisions of Japan |
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| Sub-national |
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 3; retrieved 2012-12-2.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, (2011); doi:10.1155/2011/692764; retrieved 2012-12-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Jacobs, Table 1; retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Buhnik, Sophie. "From Shrinking Cities to Toshi no Shukushō: Identifying Patterns of Urban Shrinkage in the Osaka Metropolitan Area," Berkeley Planning Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2001), p. 135 [PDF 4 of 24]; retrieved 2012-12-2.
Other websites[change | change source]
- ""Large City System of Japan"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2019.; graphic shows designated cities in context [PDF 7 of 40]
