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A ward (区, ku) is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance. [1] Wards are used to subdivide each city designated by government ordinance ("designated city").
A 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 Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by an order of the cabinet of Japan under Article ...
Former wards of Japan (1 C, 1 P) C. Wards of Chiba (city) (6 P) F. ... Pages in category "Wards of cities in Japan" This category contains only the following page.
See List of cities in Japan for a complete list of cities. See also: Core cities of Japan. The following are examples of the 20 designated cities: Fukuoka, the most populous city in the Kyūshū region; Hiroshima, the busy manufacturing city in the Chūgoku region of Honshū; Kobe, a major port on the Inland Sea, located in the center of ...
Tokyo Tokyo Hachiōji Machida Fuchū. The following table lists the 61 cities, towns, villages and special wards in Tokyo, according to the 2020 Census. The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census. [1]
Each such special ward has a status equivalent to a city in Japan. In this way they differ from ordinary wards within cities. See also: Category:Wards of cities in Japan and Category:Dissolved municipalities of Tokyo.
Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities. Tokyo is not included on this list, as the City of Tokyo ceased to exist on July 1, 1943. Tokyo now exists as a special metropolis prefecture (都 to), with 23 special wards (with the same status of city) making up the former boundaries of the former city in the eastern half of the ...
Cities are not part of districts. Historically, districts have at times functioned as an administrative unit. From 1878 [1] to 1921 [2] district governments were roughly equivalent to a county of the United States, ranking below prefecture and above town or village, on the same level as a city. [3] District governments were entirely abolished ...