Chiba

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Chiba-shi
千葉 市
Chiba
Geographical location in Japan
Chiba (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Kanto
Prefecture : Chiba
Coordinates : 35 ° 36 '  N , 140 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 36 '26 "  N , 140 ° 6' 23"  E
Height : 2 m
Basic data
Surface: 272.08 km²
Residents : 980.203
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 3603 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 12100-2
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Chiba
Tree : Japanese zelkove
Flower : Ōga-lotus
Bird : Little tern
town hall
Address : Chiba City Hall
1 - 1 , Chiba-Minato
Chuo-ku , Chiba -shi
Chiba  260-8722
Website URL: http://www.city.chiba.jp/
Location Chibas in Chiba Prefecture
Location of Chibas in the prefecture

Chiba ( Japanese: 千葉 市 , - shi ) is a major Japanese city and the seat of the administration of the Chiba prefecture in Japan near Tokyo . The name of the city (and the prefecture) means a thousand leaves .

In Chiba there is a port and the Keiyo industrial area, which is located east of Tokyo Bay , with three power plants (an oil power plant from 1950 with 475 MW, two gas power plants from 1995 and 2000 with a total of 2800 MW), as well as an important steel and oil industry. Before industrialization began around 1945, Chiba was primarily known as the place of origin of soy sauce, liqueurs, sweet sake wine and beer. Chiba is also an important rail hub . The Makuhari Messe convention center is also located here, where 150–160 trade fairs are held annually.

The Chiba Temple (Chiba-dera or Sen'yō-ji) is one of the city's attractions. A traffic-technical feature is the monorail Chiba Monorail .

history

A Chiba settlement was mentioned for the first time in the Heian period around 1100 AD by Taira Tsuneshige , who laid the foundation stone for the city and called himself Chiba no Suke . His descendants, who took the family name Chiba , ruled the region until the Muromachi period . During the Kamakura period , the family achieved its greatest importance due to the support of Minamoto Yoritomo in the establishment of the Kamakura Bakufu . However, as a result of ongoing wars, various other genders came to power in the region one after another from the 16th century. In the Edo period, the region was considered the core area of Tokugawa Ieyasu , parts of the region were ruled directly from Tokugawa Bakufu , the other areas by related rulers.

The (small) town of Chiba, which belongs to the district, was conquered on January 1, 1921, to become the town of the same name. At that time it had 33,877 inhabitants. On April 1, 1992, Chiba was named “ City by Government Ordinance” with a population of 920,000 , a title given to cities in Japan with a population of over 500,000 and great economic and industrial importance. In mid-2017 there were 20 such cities in Japan.

During the Second World War , the city was repeatedly bombed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) between June 1945 and July 1945 . The attack with the most serious consequences was an area bombing with napalm bombs on July 6, 1945. The attack destroyed around 44% of the urban area and claimed 1,530 deaths (see air raids on Japan ).

Incorporation into the urban area

Between 1937 and 1969 numerous municipalities were incorporated into the city, so that the area of ​​the city area has increased to 22 times the original. The following table gives an overview of the incorporated municipalities.

Eingemein-
dung date		 incorporated communities Area after
incorporation
(in km 2)
Rōmaji Kanji
Area calculated for the first time in 1925 = 12.32
02/11/1937 Kemigawa-machi 検 見 川 町 66.88
Soga-machi 蘇 我 町
Tsuga-mura 都 賀 村
Miyako-mura 都 村
02/11/1944 Chishiro-mura 千 城 村 86.33
07/01/1954 Kotehashi-mura 犢 橋村 107.24
07/06/1954 Makuhari-machi 幕 張 町 117.24
02/11/1955 Oihama-machi 生 浜 町 158.81
Shiina-mura 椎 名 村
Honda-mura 誉 田村
04/10/1963 Izumi-machi 泉 町 210.84
07/15/1969 Toke-machi 土 気 町 249.68

The suffix is ​​the type of parish:

  • district [small] town ( machi , 町 )
  • Village ( mura , 村 )

With the exception of the last-mentioned change, all integrated communities were in Chiba County, which was dissolved in 1967 ( Chiba-gun , 千葉 郡 ).
The small town of Toke, incorporated in 1969, was located in Sanbu County ( Sanbu-gun , 山 武 郡 ).

traffic

See also: Chiba Monorail

City structure

Since 1992 the city has been divided into the 6 districts :

Map of Chiba wards

Chūō-ku
Hanamigawa-ku
Inage-ku
Midori-ku
Mihama-ku
Wakaba-ku


Code
with check digit 		Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density (inh / km²) 3
Rōmaji Kanji October 1, 2018 1 October 1, 2018 2 October 1, 2015 3
12101-1 Chūō-ku 中央 区 44.70 210.241 205.070 4587.7
12102-9 Hanamigawa-ku 花 見 川 区 34.19 178.272 179,200 5241.3
12103-7 Inage-ku 稲 毛 区 21.22 161,458 160,968 7585.7
12104-5 Wakaba-ku 若 葉 区 84.21 149.991 151.078 1794.1
12105-3 Midori-ku 緑 区 66.25 128,947 126,848 1914.7
12106-1 Mihama-ku 美 浜 区 21.20 148,338 148.718 7015.0
12100-2 Chiba-shi 千葉 市 271.77 977.247 971.882 3576.1

1 Area data from 2018
2 Estimated population 2018
3 Results of the 2015 census

Population development of the city

The table below shows the population on the day of the census (October 1st)

year Residents Density
(inh. Per km 2 )
1920 33.179 ?
1925 41,806 3393
1930 49,088 3983
1935 57,446 3597
1940 92,061 1348
1945 96,606 1154
1947 122.006 1458
1950 133,844 1599
1955 197,962 1261
1960 241,615 1532
1965 332.188 1568
year Residents Density
(inh. Per km 2 )
1970 482.133 1944
1975 659.356 2528
1980 746.430 2766
1985 788.930 2919
1990 829.455 3045
1995 856.878 3149
2000 887.164 3261
2005 924,319 3397
2010 961.749 3535
2015 971.882 3576

politics

Political groups in the city council
(as of May 14, 2019)
      
A total of 50 seats

Since 1992, Chiba is a "big city by Government Regulation" ( Seirei shitei toshi ) so has a greater degree of autonomy than ordinary county-level cities and in municipalities divided.

The mayor has been the former city councilor Toshihito Kumagai since 2009, who was confirmed in office for a third term in May 2017 against just one, CPY- supported challenger with over 80% of the votes. The turnout fell to 29.07%.

The city council of Chiba ( Chiba-shigikai ) has 50 members who are elected in the six city districts by non-transferable individual votes. In the 2019 election , the LDP remained the strongest party with 18 members.

For the 94-member prefectural parliament of Chiba ( Chiba-kengikai ), the districts of the city of Chiba form six constituencies, which together elect 14 members.

House of Representatives constituencies and municipalities in Chiba Prefecture with the city of Chiba in purple; Constituency boundaries that do not follow municipal boundaries are shown in red

In elections to the House of Representatives , the lower house of the national parliament , the city ​​of Chiba extends into constituencies 1, 2, 3 and 9 of the Chiba prefecture. The constituency Chiba 1, which is the only all in the city of Chiba, won in the election in 2017 the Liberal Democrat Hiroaki Kadoyama ; the other three constituencies, which also include surrounding cities, hold three Liberal Democrats.

Sports

Chiba is the venue of the world's most important Ekiden competition, which is held annually in November on "Labor Day".

sons and daughters of the town

Town twinning

Sister cities:

City friendship:

  • China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tianjin , People's Republic of China, since 1986
  • China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wujiang , People's Republic of China, since 1996

education

Special mentions

In William Gibson's novel Neuromancer , Chiba City is the starting point of the story. The city was later mentioned in some of Gibson's short stories or they were set in Chiba City.

Neighboring cities and communities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chiba - The fair market - AUMA. Retrieved June 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ 千葉 市 統計 書 (平 成 29 年度 版) ( Chiba-shi tōkeisho (Heisei-29-nendo-ban) , "Statistical Book of the City of Chiba (Fiscal Year 2017 Edition)"), pp. 2 to 6 [pdf 22-26 von 288], accessed April 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Kokudo Chiriin (GSI - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), 平 成 30 年 全国 都 道 府 県 市区 町 村 別 面積 調 (Nationwide survey of all prefectures and municipalities 2018) , p. 37: 12 Chiba-ken (Japanese), accessed on 1 April 2019.
  4. ↑ 簡 単 検 索 ・ 詳細 検 索 ・ 検 索 サ ン プ ル , accessed April 1, 2019. (Japanese)
  5. ↑ e-stat (English), accessed on April 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ 千葉 市 統計 書 (平 成 29 年度 版) ( Chiba-shi tōkeisho (Heisei-29-nendo-ban) , "Statistical Book of the City of Chiba (Fiscal Year 2017 Edition)"), p. 16 [pdf 36 of 288], accessed on April 1, 2019.
  7. ↑ MPs by political group (Japanese), accessed May 23, 2019.
  8. ↑ 千葉 市長 選 熊谷氏 が ３ 選 歴 代 最高 、 １８ 万 超 得票 ／ 千葉 . In: Mainichi Shimbun . May 29, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2018 (Japanese).
  9. ^ City of Chiba: Chiba City Council
  10. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 千葉 市 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019 (Japanese).
  11. ↑ Chiba Prefecture, Chiba Prefectural Parliament: Constituencies and Mandate Numbers
  12. ↑ City of Chiba: 千葉 市 の 姉妹 ・ 友好 都市 ( Chiba-shi no shimai-, yūkō-toshi , "sister cities and twin cities of Chiba")

Web links

Commons : Chiba  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files