21-507: Uwajima ( 宇和島市 , Uwajima-shi ) is a city located in Ehime Prefecture , Japan. As of 1 September 2022, the city had an estimated population of 70,440 in 35429 households and a population density of 150 persons per km. The total area of the city is 468.19 square kilometres (180.77 sq mi). Uwajima is located in southwestern Ehime Prefecture, facing the wide rias coastline and remote islands, Uwa Bay on
42-541: A humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is highest from June to September. Per Japanese census data, the population of Uwajima has decreased steadily since the 1960s. The area of Uwajima was part of ancient Iyo Province . During the Heian period , Uwajima (notably the island of Hiburijima in Uwajima Bay)
63-580: A directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 24 members. Uwajima, together with Kihoku and Matsuno, contributes four members to the Ehime Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Ehime 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Uwajima is the largest municipality of southwestern, but industry is poorly developed except for a single shipyard. Commercial fishing , taking advantage of
84-457: A municipality to be designated as a city: The designation is approved by the prefectural governor and the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications . A city can theoretically be demoted to a town or village when it fails to meet any of these conditions, but such a demotion has not happened to date. The least populous city, Utashinai, Hokkaido , has a population of three thousand, while
105-543: A significant proportion of Uwajima's current land area, despite not being highly populated (fewer than 15,000 people). It's made up of small villages that shared a municipal government as Tsushima until they were amalgamated into Uwajima. Tsushima is known for the Iwamatsu River and its annual festival where people eat tiny, live fish, as well as pearl and fish farming. It is part of the prefecture's mikan industry. Cities of Japan A city ( 市 , shi )
126-541: A town in the same prefecture, Otofuke, Hokkaido , has over forty thousand. Under the Act on Special Provisions concerning Merger of Municipalities ( 市町村の合併の特例等に関する法律 , Act No. 59 of 2004) , the standard of 50,000 inhabitants for the city status has been eased to 30,000 if such population is gained as a result of a merger of towns and/or villages , in order to facilitate such mergers to reduce administrative costs. Many municipalities gained city status under this eased standard. On
147-594: Is a local administrative unit in Japan . Cities are ranked on the same level as towns ( 町 , machi ) and villages ( 村 , mura ) , with the difference that they are not a component of districts ( 郡 , gun ) . Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of 1947. Article 8 of the Local Autonomy Law sets the following conditions for
168-504: The Chōsokabe clan . The Saionji survived by the fluid loyalties and fierce resistance, but were eventually overcome by Chōsokabe Motochika , who was in turn overthrown by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . Iyo Province was given to Kobayakawa Takakage , who assigned the area around Uwajima to his adopted son and half-brother, Hidekane. Takakage was later transferred to Kyushu and was replaced by Hideyoshi's general Toda Katsutaka. In contrast
189-602: The Seto Inland Sea to the east, and with the other three sides surrounded by mountains. Although it is actually located to the south-southeast of Yawatahama, as it is the terminus of the limited express train on the JR Shikoku Yosan Line , people other than local residents tend to think that it is the westernmost city in Ehime Prefecture. Ehime Prefecture Kōchi Prefecture Uwajima has
210-552: The ria coastline , aquaculture and cultured pearls is the mainstay of the local economy. Uwajima has 30 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has five public high schools operated by the Ehime Prefectural Board of Education. [REDACTED] Shikoku Railway Company - Yosan Line [REDACTED] Shikoku Railway Company - Yodo Line Tsushima occupies an area of approximately 200 km and has
231-451: The "city code" ( shisei , 市制) of 1888 during the "Great Meiji mergers" ( Meiji no daigappei , 明治の大合併) of 1889. The -shi replaced the previous urban districts /"wards/cities" (-ku) that had existed as primary subdivisions of prefectures besides rural districts (-gun) since 1878. Initially, there were 39 cities in 1889: only one in most prefectures, two in a few (Yamagata, Toyama, Osaka, Hyōgo, Fukuoka), and none in some – Miyazaki became
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#1732765741819252-653: The Kobayakawa, the Toda ruled with extreme harshness, murdering the descendants of the Saiōnji family and thinking nothing of robbery, rape and murder of the local inhabitants. When ordered to send troops to the invasion of Korea in 1592, he cut down large trees in shrines and temples throughout his domain to construct ships. He went insane during the campaign, and died in Korea without heir. Hideyoshi then assigned Tōdō Takatora to
273-412: The bay area for factory usage. The center of the city was largely destroyed by bombing during World War II in 1945; however, post-war reconstruction was rapid. In 1955, Uwajima annexed Miura and Takamitsu Villages and Uwaumi village in 1974. On August 1, 2005 Uwajima absorbed the towns of Mima , Tsushima and Yoshida (all from Kitauwa District ) . Uwajima has a mayor-council form of government with
294-536: The domain. A noted castle designer, Takatora spent six years building Itajima Castle, which would later be called Uwajima Castle . Following the Battle of Sekigahara and other campaigns, he was promoted to Tsu Domain in Ise Province . In 1614, Date Hidemune , the illegitimate eldest son of Date Masamune , was awarded the 100,000 koku Uwajima Domain by Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada , and moved into Uwajima Castle
315-544: The following year. His descendants would rule the domain until the Meiji restoration . Following the Meiji restoration, the town of Uwajima was created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. In 1917, Maruho Village was merged into Uwajima. The town of Uwajima merged with the village of Yahata on August 1, 1921 and was raised to city status. The city was extended by combining Kushima Village in 1934 and renovating
336-595: The last prefecture to contain its first city in 1924. In Okinawa -ken and Hokkai-dō which were not yet fully equal prefectures in the Empire, major urban settlements remained organized as urban districts until the 1920s: Naha-ku and Shuri-ku, the two urban districts of Okinawa were only turned into Naha -shi and Shuri-shi in May 1921, and six -ku of Hokkaidō were converted into district-independent cities in August 1922. By 1945,
357-515: The number of cities countrywide had increased to 205. After WWII , their number almost doubled during the "great Shōwa mergers" of the 1950s and continued to grow so that it surpassed the number of towns in the early 21st century (see the List of mergers and dissolutions of municipalities in Japan ). As of October 1 2018, there are 792 cities of Japan. Mima, Ehime Mima ( 三間町 , Mima-chō )
378-448: The other hand, the municipalities recently gained the city status purely as a result of increase of population without expansion of area are limited to those listed in List of former towns or villages gained city status alone in Japan . The Cabinet of Japan can designate cities of at least 200,000 inhabitants to have the status of core city , or designated city . These statuses expand the scope of administrative authority delegated from
399-547: The prefectural government to the city government. Tokyo , Japan's capital, existed as a city until 1943, but is now legally classified as a special type of prefecture called a metropolis ( 都 , to ) . The 23 special wards of Tokyo , which constitute the core of the Tokyo metropolitan area, each have an administrative status analogous to that of cities. Tokyo also has several other incorporated cities, towns and villages within its jurisdiction. Cities were introduced under
420-471: Was a town located in Kitauwa District , Ehime Prefecture , Japan . As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,562 and a density of 115.30 persons per km . The total area was 56.91 km . On August 1, 2005, Mima, along with the towns of Tsushima and Yoshida (all from Kitauwa District ), was merged into the expanded city of Uwajima . This Ehime Prefecture location article
441-635: Was center of piracy in the Seto Inland Sea and became the stronghold of Fujiwara no Sumitomo in his rebellion. During the Muromachi period , a branch of the Saionji family was appointed as governor of the area by the Ashikaga shogunate , but was constantly being invaded his more powerful and aggressive neighbors, including Ouchi Yoshitaka , Mōri Motonari , Ōtomo Sōrin , the Tosa-Ichijo clan and
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