Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan

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]

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■ ― Designated cities
■ ― Core cities
■ ― Special cities

History

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

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

• Administrative division
• Urban area
• Municipalities in Japan

References

1. Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 3; retrieved 2012-12-2.
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. Jacobs, Table 1; retrieved 2012-12-18.
4. 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

• ""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]