Okayama

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Okayama-shi
岡山 市
Okayama (Japan)
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Geographical location in Japan
Region : Chūgoku
Prefecture : Okayama
Coordinates : 34 ° 39 '  N , 133 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 39 '19 "  N , 133 ° 55' 10"  E
Basic data
Surface: 789.91 km²
Residents : 720,865
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 913 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 33100-7
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Okayama
Tree : Ilex rotunda
Flower : chrysanthemum
Tree blossom: Bearing flow
town hall
Address : Okayama City Hall
1 - 1 - 1 , Daiku
Kita-ku , Okayama -shi
Okayama  700-8544
Website URL: http://www.city.okayama.jp
Location of Okayamas in Okayama Prefecture
Location Okayamas in the prefecture

Okayama ( Japanese 岡山 市 , - shi ) is the seat of the prefecture administration of Okayama prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan . The port city is located at the mouth of the Asahi River in the Seto Inland Sea .

history

Okyama is an old castle town , whose Okayama Castle dates back to the 14th century. From 1603 to 1868 the daimyō of a branch of the Ikeda clan resided here, who were among the greats of the Edo period . The castle, which was destroyed in the Pacific War , was rebuilt in concrete.

The city of Okayama was founded from several parishes on June 1, 1889 and soon began to develop into an industrial center. During the Second World War , 63% of it was destroyed by incendiary bombs by 138 B-29 “Superfortress” long-range bombers on the night of June 28-29, 1945 . The Okayama University was founded in 1949 founded.

Politics and administration

Factions in the city parliament
(as of May 8, 2019)
       
A total of 46 seats
  • LDP : 16
  • Kōmeitō : 8
  • LDP Seiryūkai ( 政 隆 会 ): 6
  • Okayama Sōseikai ( 創 政 会 ): 5
  • KPY : 5
  • Shimin net ("citizen network"; ex- Minshintō -nah): 3
  • Three other factions: 3

Former MLIT official Masao Ōmori has been the mayor of Okayama since October 2013 . In 2017, supported by the LDP , the Democratic Progressive Party and Kōmeitō , he was clearly re-elected for a second term against only one communist challenger. The voter turnout was 28.35%, the lowest ever.

The city council of Okayama ( Okayama-shigikai ) was reduced to 46 members in 2015 . In the uniform regional elections in April 2019 , 13 non-party members were elected, LDP candidates won 17 seats, the Kōmeitō eight, the KPJ five, the KDP two and the DVP one.

For the 55-member prefectural parliament of Okayama, the city of Okayama extends into four constituencies, which together elect 19 members; a constituency also includes the district of Kaga with the city of Kibi-Chūō. Nine of the MPs from the four constituencies belong to the LDP parliamentary group, four from the ex-democratic parliamentary group (as of May 16, 2019).

In elections to the national lower house , most of the city is in constituencies 1 and 2 of the prefecture. In the 2017 election , the liberal democratic incumbents Ichirō Aisawa (since 1996) and Takashi Yamashita (since 2012) were confirmed. The former city of Seto , which was incorporated into the eastern district in 2007, belongs to the constituency of Okayama 3, which includes the northeast of the prefecture. He has been represented by Toshiko Abe since 2017 , who narrowly prevailed against Takeo Hiranuma's son Shōjirō in a race among two conservative candidates without a formal party nomination, but with an LDP election recommendation for Abe .

City structure

The boroughs of Okayama

On April 1, 2009, Okayama became a "city designated by government decree" ( seirei shitei toshi ) and has since been divided into four districts:

Code
with check digit 		Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density (inh / km²)
Latin transcription, translation Kanji 01.10.2017 1 01.10.2018 2 01/10/2015 3
33101-5 Kita-ku ("North District") 北区 450.70 311,418 309.484 686.67
33102-3 Naka-ku ("Central District") 中 区 51.24 147.886 146.232 2853.86
33103-1 Higashi-ku ("East District") 東区 160.53 94,435 95,577 595.38
33104-0 Minami-ku ("South District") 南 区 127.48 167,590 168.181 1319.27
33100-7 Okayama-shi ("City of Okayama") 岡山 市 789.95 721.329 719.474 910.78

The most densely populated district is in the middle, but the city administration is at home in the northern district.

Attractions

traffic

Town twinning

economy

Okayama is an important trade and industrial center, where machines, textiles, chemical products and rubber are produced , among other things .

Sports

sons and daughters of the town

Neighboring cities and communities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United States Army Air Forces : Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces June 1945 ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 25, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usaaf.net
  2. ↑ Members by parliamentary group , accessed on May 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ 岡山 市長 選 大 森 氏 が 再 選 投票 率 は 過去 最低 ２８．３５ ％ . In: Mainichi Shimbun . October 2, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2018 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ 岡山 市 議 選 各 党 議席 Okyama-shigisen kakutō giseki . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ Prefecture Parliament of Okayama: 議員 定 数 と 選 挙 区 giin teisū toenkenyoku , German 'Mandate numbers and constituencies' (pdf), accessed on May 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Prefecture Parliament Okayama: 選挙区別名簿 senkyoku-betsu meibo , German , deputies by constituency ' , accessed on May 19 of 2019.

Web links

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