Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan
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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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Cities Designated By Government Ordinance Of Japan Media
Japan ordinance designated cities (en)
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Flag of Chiba, Chiba
Emblem of Chiba, Chiba
Chiba in Chiba Prefecture.
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Emblem of Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture
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Related pages
| Administrative divisions of Japan |
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References
- ↑ 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
- ""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]
