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The Japanese administrative division system was implemented with the Meiji Government in 1871
The county was abandoned
Established by policy, it is generally divided into capital, Dao, prefecture, county (wide area
Local public organization
) and cities, towns, villages,
Special district
(Basic local public organization) two levels.
There are 47 in Japan
First-level administrative region
: divided into 1 all (
Tokyo Prefecture
: Tokyo), 1 (
Hokkaido
: Hokkaido), 2fu (
Osaka
: Osaka,
Kyoto Prefecture
Kyoto) and 43 prefectures (prefectures), with cities, towns, and villages.
[1]
Some remote areas,
Offshore island
The administrative departments of the prefectures and counties shall be established in each region
agency
The "Branch Office" has been restructured and renamed as "County People's Bureau" and "County People's Bureau" in recent years.
Development bureau
"Wait. The "county", which is at the same level as the city, began to be virtual in the 1920s, and still has the functions of address listing, the scope of the metropolitan administrative circle, and the division of provincial and county council elections.
in
The Chinese system of government
In response to the emergence of the metropolis, it was created in 1956
The city was designated by decree
System (referred to as "government city"), some of the original prefectural affairs transferred to the government city. The government decreed the establishment of "districts" (administrative regions, not
Legal personality
), the address list may omit the county name. As of 2012, there are a total of 20 cities in Japan. In addition, there are still lower setting standards and no "zones", but there are still many
Right of autonomy
the
Zhongnuclear City
with
Special case city
Two levels of city. Therefore, the municipal system in Japan can be divided into:
The city was designated by decree
(referred to as "Government Decree City", population of about 500,000-700,000 or more can apply for approval),
Zhongnuclear City
(Population up to 300,000 May apply for approval),
Special case city
(with a population of up to 200,000 people can apply for approval), and general cities (with a population of up to 50,000 towns and villages can apply for approval).
- Chinese name
- Subdivisions of Japan
- Set up time
- The year 1871
1. Capital, prefecture, prefecture and county
2. Branch Offices (in some districts)
3. County (virtual level), city (ordinary city and decree designated city, central nuclear city, special city), special district
4. Town, village, district (district designated by decree)
Subdivisions by county (Population is preliminary 2005 census. Accessed in early January 2007) :
Hokkaido
,
northeast
,
Kanto region
,
midland
,
Kinki
,
Chinese places
,
Shikoku Place
,
Kyushu prefecture
,
Okinawa
.
prefectural
As of April 1, 2007, there were 782 cities, 827 towns, and 195 villages in the prefectures. In addition
Tokyo Prefecture
There are 23
Special district
(
Legal status
for
Local public organization
", with the decree city
Administrative authority
Similarly, only to ensure the administrative unity of the metropolis, as above
sewer
Fire and other affairs are still in charge of the "city"), and there are 14 branches under Hokkaido, which are special local governments.
[2]
|
name
|
Hall site
|
Area (km)
2
)
|
Number of cities and villages (2008.1.1)
|
|||
|
The city
|
area
|
town
|
The village
|
|||
|
Sapporo
|
83456
|
35
|
10
|
130
|
15
|
|
|
Aomori Ken
|
Aomori
|
9607
|
10
|
-
|
22
|
8
|
|
Iwate-ken
|
Morioka
|
15279
|
13
|
-
|
16
|
6
|
|
Sendai
|
7285
|
13
|
5
|
22
|
1
|
|
|
Akita-ken
|
Akita
|
11612
|
13
|
-
|
9
|
3
|
|
Yamagata prefecture
|
Yamagata
|
9323
|
13
|
-
|
19
|
3
|
|
Fukushima-ken
|
Fukushima City
|
13783
|
13
|
-
|
32
|
15
|
|
Ibaraki prefecture
|
Mito
|
6096
|
32
|
-
|
10
|
2
|
|
Utsunomiya City
|
6408
|
14
|
-
|
17
|
-
|
|
|
Gunma-ken
|
Maebashi
|
6363
|
12
|
-
|
16
|
10
|
|
Saitama
|
Saitama
|
3797
|
40
|
10
|
29
|
1
|
|
Chiba-ken
|
Chiba
|
5157
|
36
|
6
|
17
|
3
|
|
Tokyo Prefecture
|
2187
|
26
|
23
|
5
|
8
|
|
|
Kanagawa Prefecture
|
Yokohama
|
2416
|
19
|
15
|
13
|
1
|
|
Niigata prefecture
|
Niigata
|
12583
|
20
|
8
|
9
|
6
|
|
Toyama
|
Toyama
|
4247
|
10
|
-
|
4
|
1
|
|
Ishikawa Ken
|
Kanazawa
|
4185
|
10
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
|
Fukui prefecture
|
Fukui
|
4189
|
9
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
|
Yamanashi
|
Kabu
|
4465
|
13
|
-
|
9
|
6
|
|
Nagano-ken
|
Nagano
|
13568
|
19
|
-
|
25
|
37
|
|
Gifu Prefecture
|
Gifu
|
10623
|
21
|
-
|
19
|
2
|
|
Shizuoka
|
Shizuoka
|
7780
|
23
|
10
|
19
|
-
|
|
Aichi-ken
|
Nagoya City
|
5163
|
35
|
16
|
26
|
2
|
|
Mie-ken
|
5777
|
14
|
-
|
15
|
-
|
|
|
Shiga prefecture
|
Dajin City
|
4017
|
13
|
-
|
13
|
-
|
|
Kyoto Prefecture
|
Kyoto City
|
4613
|
15
|
11
|
10
|
1
|
|
Osaka
|
Osaka
|
1897
|
33
|
31
|
9
|
1
|
|
Hyogo
|
Kobe
|
8395
|
29
|
9
|
12
|
-
|
|
Nara-ken
|
Nara
|
3691
|
12
|
-
|
15
|
12
|
|
Wakayama Prefecture
|
Wakayama City
|
4726
|
9
|
20
|
1
|
|
|
Tottori
|
Tottori
|
3507
|
4
|
14
|
1
|
|
|
Shimane
|
Songjiang City
|
6708
|
8
|
12
|
1
|
|
|
Okayama prefecture
|
Okayama
|
7113
|
15
|
10
|
2
|
|
|
Hiroshima-ken
|
Hiroshima City
|
8478
|
14
|
8
|
9
|
-
|
|
Yamaguchi-ken
|
Yamaguchi
|
6112
|
13
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
|
Tokushima
|
Tokushima
|
4146
|
8
|
15
|
1
|
|
|
Kagawa-ken
|
Takamatsu
|
1876
|
8
|
9
|
-
|
|
|
Ehime-ken
|
Matsuyama
|
5677
|
11
|
9
|
-
|
|
|
Kochi
|
Kochi
|
7105
|
11
|
17
|
6
|
|
|
Fukuoka Ken
|
Fukuoka
|
4975
|
28
|
14
|
34
|
4
|
|
Saga prefecture
|
Saga
|
2440
|
10
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
|
Nagasaki prefecture
|
Nagasaki
|
4095
|
13
|
10
|
-
|
|
|
Kumamoto prefecture
|
Kumamoto City
|
7405
|
14
|
26
|
8
|
|
|
Oita
|
Oita
|
6339
|
14
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
Miyazak-ken
|
Miyazaki
|
7735
|
9
|
18
|
3
|
|
|
Kagoshima Prefecture
|
Kagoshima City
|
9188
|
18
|
24
|
4
|
|
|
Okinawa Prefecture
|
Naha
|
2269
|
11
|
11
|
19
|
|
|
377915
|
783
|
186
|
819
|
19
|
||
Area: According to Japan
Institute of land geography
Area report published on April 1, 2006. Including Japan claiming sovereignty but in
Russia
Actual control
inferior
Four northern islands
5036.14
Square kilometer
among
Habomai Islands
99.94 square kilometers,
Shikdando
And its islands 253.33 square kilometers,
Kunashir
And the islands 1498.83 square kilometers,
Etorudo
3,184.04 square kilometers) and Takeshima, which is claimed by Japan but under South Korea's de facto control.
Dokdo
0.18 square kilometers, excluding 5.56 square kilometers of fishing islands claimed by China.
[2]
Before Meiji, Japan was still a world of three hundred vassals.
Back curtain
After its success, Japan began to innovate.
Subdivisions of Japan
Subdivisions of Japan
In the year of Meiji (1869), in
Oku Poly Tong
and
Kido Takayoyun
With the efforts of others, the vassals successively listed the court and requested
Return the copy
.
The copy is returned
To make the Meiji government in a peaceful way to recover the Copyrights of the vassals, completely abolish the master system.
In July, the fourth year of Meiji (1871),
The county was abandoned
In November of the same year, it was adjusted to 72 counties in 3 prefectures, and then adjusted to 43 counties in 3 prefectures in the 23rd year of Meiji (1890)
Central government
Office of appointment
County magistrate
. After 100 years divided
Tokyo Prefecture
It was changed in 1943
Tokyo Prefecture
There were no major changes in the Japanese headquarters.
[2]
Local governments have the following points to explain:
1. Tokyo
Commonly referred to as"
Tokyo
"Yes
Tokyo metropolitan area
Rather than administrative districts, it does not contain only in geographical scope
Tokyo City
or
Tokyo Prefecture
. In terms of administrative division,
Tokyo Prefecture
Contains three main geographic divisions: commonly referred to as"
Tokyo 23rd Ward
Of the 23 special districts (formerly
Tokyo City
), District 23 west of the "three
Tama
District "as well as some located
Pacific
Kaminu
Tokyo Prefecture
The island of jurisdiction.
[3]
2. Branch office
Hokkaido
Not put into practice
County system
Under the road is divided into 14 branches, which are then divided into cities and counties, and under the county are towns and villages. After the cities of Tsushima and Iki were established respectively, the city was divided
Hokkaido
In addition, only a few maritime branches of Tokyo are left, but these are parallel to the prefectures.
Some populous cities were upgraded to decree-designated cities, with more authority over local affairs. The decree divided the city into districts.
The Japanese government has promoted several mergers of prefectural governments in its history. In 2004,
Prefectural village
The total fell below 3,000 for the first time, falling below 1,800 on December 1, 2007.
The number of residents in a city is 50,000, and the number of residents in a town is 5,000 and the industrial and commercial population is more than 60%. However, Japan has several times reduced the standard to 30,000 people to encourage
Prefectural village
Merge. In addition to
Tokyo
A total of 12 cities have a population of more than 1 million.
Here's a list of all the cities with a population of 500,000 or more.
[2]
|
-
|
All prefectures
|
The city
|
Area (sq. km)
|
The decree designates city hours
|
|
1
|
Tokyo
(Special District Department)
|
617
|
-
|
|
|
2
|
427
|
1956.9.1
|
||
|
3
|
222
|
1956.9.1
|
||
|
4
|
326
|
1956.9.1
|
||
|
5
|
1121
|
1972.4.1
|
||
|
6
|
550
|
1956.9.1
|
||
|
7
|
828
|
1956.9.1
|
||
|
8
|
341
|
1972.4.1
|
||
|
9
|
143
|
1972.4.1
|
||
|
10
|
217
|
2003.4.1
|
||
|
11
|
905
|
1980.4.1
|
||
|
12
|
784
|
1989.4.1
|
||
|
13
|
486
|
1963.4.1
|
||
|
14
|
272
|
1992.4.1
|
||
|
15
|
150
|
2006.4.1
|
||
|
16
|
726
|
2007.4.1
|
||
|
17
|
1511
|
2007.4.1
|
||
|
18
|
1389
|
2005.4.1
|
||
|
19
|
329
|
-
|
||
|
20
|
790
|
-
|
||
|
21
|
267
|
-
|
||
|
22
|
547
|
-
|
||
|
23
|
86
|
-
|
||
|
24
|
186
|
Joined in April 2015
Zhongnuclear City
|
||
|
25
|
534
|
-
|
||
|
26
|
429
|
-
|
||
|
27
|
62
|
-
|
||
|
28
|
417
|
-
|
