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16-490: As of January 2015, the district had an estimated population of 36,952 and an area of 25.78 km, with a population density of 1430 people per square kilometer. All of the city of Isesaki and part of the city of Maebashi were formerly part of the district. Sawa District is one of seven districts in the Gunma Prefecture. It was created on April 1, 1896, by the merger of Sai District and Nawa District . At

32-771: A castle town surrounding Akaishi Castle, a stronghold in southern Kōzuke Province controlled by the Yura clan. During the Edo period , it was the center of Isesaki Domain , a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate controlled by the Sakai clan . The area also contained two post towns on the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō , a subroute to Nikkō Kaidō which connected the Nakasendō directly with Nikkō, bypassing Edo . Isesaki Town

48-545: A population density of 1500 persons per km . The total area of the city is 139.44 square kilometres (53.84 sq mi). Isesaki is located in the northwestern part of the Kantō Plain of southern Gunma Prefecture . It is adjacent to Saitama Prefecture across the Tone River , which runs through the southern part of the city. The distance to the center of the city is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Maebashi City,

64-554: The Meiji and Taishō periods . Now, however, due to the ubiquity of Western-style clothes, its popularity is decreasing. The automotive equipment and electrical equipment manufacturing company Sanden Corporation is headquartered in Isesaki. Also the city is home to Meisei Electric , a communications and electronics equipment and electric measuring instruments manufacturing company. Large industrial parks have been built in

80-593: The Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Gunma 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Isesaki (along with neighboring Kiryū ) was traditionally famous for sericulture since ancient times, with a cloth called "Isesaki Meisen" as one of its most famous products. This cloth has been made since the late 17th century, and became popular during

96-475: The United States , and is the form most frequently adopted in large cities, although the other common form, council–manager government , is the local government form of more municipalities. The form may be categorized into two main variations depending on the relative power of the mayor compared to the council, the strong-mayor variant and the weak-mayor variant. In a typical strong-mayor system,

112-488: The council able to override such a veto. Conversely, in a weak-mayor system, the mayor has no formal authority outside the council, serving a largely ceremonial role as council chairperson and is elected by the citizens of the city. The mayor cannot directly appoint or remove officials and lacks veto power over council votes. Most major North American cities use the strong-mayor form of the mayor–council system, whereas middle-sized and small North American cities tend to use

128-407: The elected mayor is granted almost total administrative authority with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads, although some city charters or prevailing state law may require council ratification. In such a system, the mayor's administrative staff often prepares the city budget, although that budget must be approved by the council. The mayor may also have veto rights over council votes, with

144-470: The handicapped. Isesaki has a Peruvian international school ( ペルー学校 ) , Colegio Hispano Americano de Gunma . [REDACTED] JR East – Ryōmō Line [REDACTED] Tobu Railway – Tobu Isesaki Line Mayor-council Executive mayor elected by the people, elected legislative City council Council - Manager Executive leader elected by the council from among themselves Elected mayor and cabinet Executive mayor elected by

160-406: The people Committee system Executive leader and executive committees elected by the council from among themselves A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body. It is one of the two most common forms of local government in

176-429: The prefectural capital of Gunma, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Takasaki , and about 95 kilometres (59 mi) from central Tokyo . Gunma Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Isesaki has a humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Isesaki is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1256 mm with September as

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192-532: The suburbs, making it one of the leading industrial cities in the northern Kantō region. It is also the location of J-List , a retailer of anime goods, visual novels and related products from Japan. Isesaki has 22 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government, and five public high schools operated by the Gunma Prefectural Board of Education. Then prefecture also operates three special education schools for

208-509: The time of its creation, it was organized into three towns (Isesaki, Sakai and Tamamura) and 13 villages. This Gunma Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Isesaki, Gunma Isesaki ( 伊勢崎市 , Isesaki-shi ) is a city located in Gunma Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 September 2020 , the city had an estimated population of 213,303 in 91,789 households, and

224-442: The villages of Nawa, Toyouke and Miyagō on March 25 of the same year. On January 1, 2005 the towns of Akabori and Sakai , and village of Azuma were incorporated into Isesaki. On April 1, 2007, Isesaki was proclaimed a special city ( tokureishi ) with increased autonomy. Isesaki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 29 members. Isesaki contributes five members to

240-634: The wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.3 °C. On June 26, 2022, the temperature in the city reached 40.2 °C, the highest ever recorded in Japan for the month of June. Per Japanese census data, the population of Isesaki has increased steadily over the past 60 years. Isesaki developed during the Sengoku period as

256-529: Was created within Sai District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration . Sai District and Nawa District merged to form Sawa District in 1896. It merged with the villages of Uehasu and Moro to form the city of Isesaki on September 13, 1940. On January 10, 1955 the village of Misato was annexed by Isesaki, followed by

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