Ehime prefecture

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Ehime-ken
愛媛 県
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Basic data
Administrative headquarters : Matsuyama
Region : Shikoku
Main island : Shikoku
Area : 5,676.16  km²
Residents : 1,338,811
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 236 inhabitants per km²
Counties : 7th
Municipalities : 20th
ISO 3166-2 : JP-38
Governor : Tokihiro Nakamura
Website: www.pref.ehime.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Flag of Ehime Prefecture
Prefecture tree : jaw
Prefecture flower : Satsuma flower
Vogel prefecture : Rostkehlnachtingall
Fish prefecture : Pagrus major
Prefecture mammal : Lutra lutra whiteleyi
Prefecture song : Ehime no uta
("Song of Ehime")
Citizens Day: 20. February
Dōgo Onsen Station in Matsuyama

The Ehime Prefecture ( Jap. 愛媛県 , Ehime-ken ) is the northwest of the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku . The seat of the prefecture administration is in Matsuyama .

The prefecture emerged from Iyo Province in 1871 . For the origin and meaning of the name Ehime (in German: "lovely princess") see Shikoku # Etymology .

Administrative division

Since 2005, the prefecture has been divided into eleven independent cities ( Shi ) and nine (district / small) cities ( Chō ), which are organized into seven districts ( Gun ). On January 16, 2005, the village of Sekizen-mura was incorporated into the city of Imabari. Since then there are no more villages ( mura ) in the prefecture. After the introduction of today's community forms, there were just under 300 communities in 1889, of which only one urban district and 14 districts, around 230 in 1953 before the Great Shōwa regional reform, and 70 in 2000 before the Great Heisei regional reform.

In the table below, the districts ( 郡 ) are shown in italics, below each (indented) the small towns ( 町 ) within them. A dependency between rural district and small town can also be seen in the first three digits of the code (1st column). The independent cities are at the beginning of the table.

code Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density (inh / km²)
Rōmaji Kanji 01.10.2017 1 01/10/2015 2 01.10.2018 3
38201 Matsuyama- shi 松山 市 419.14 514.865 510.963 1228.38
38202 Imabari- shi 今 治 市 468.19 158.114 153,886 337.71
38203 Uwajima- shi 宇 和 島 市 429.40 77,465 72,915 180.40
38204 Yawatahama- shi 八 幡 浜 市 234.50 34,951 32,823 149.04
38205 Niihama- shi 新居 浜 市 132.68 119.903 117,349 903.70
38206 Saijō- shi 西 条 市 194.44 108.174 105.717 556.34
38207 Ōto -shi 大洲 市 432.22 44,086 41,937 102.00
38210 Iyo- shi 伊 予 市 509.98 36,827 35,835 72.21
38213 Shikokuchūō- shi 四 国 中央 市 421.24 87,413 84,781 207.51
38214 Seiyo- shi 西 予 市 211.30 38,919 36,570 184.19
38215 Tōon- shi 東 温 市 514.34 34,613 34,434 67.30
38340 Ochi-gun 越 智 郡 30.38 7135 6759 234.86
38356   Kamijima-cho 上 島 町 30.38 7135 6759 234.86
38380 Kamiukena gun 上浮 穴 郡 583.69 8447 7746 14.47
38386   Kumakōgen -chō 久 万 高原 町 583.69 8447 7746 14.47
38400 Iyo-gun 伊 予 郡 121.99 51,303 50,807 420.55
38401   Masaki-cho 松 前 町 20.41 30,064 29,945 1473.00
38402   Tobe-cho 砥 部 町 101.59 21,239 20,862 209.07
38420 Daycare gun 喜 多 郡 299.43 16,742 15,917 55.91
38422   Uchiko- cho 内 子 町 299.43 16,742 15,917 55.91
38440 Nishiuwa-gun 西 宇 和 郡 93.98 9626 8836 102.43
38442   Ikata-chō 伊 方 町 93.98 9626 8836 102.43
38480 Kitauwa-gun 北 宇 和 郡 340.34 14,777 13,926 43.42
38484   Matsuno-cho 松 野 町 98.45 4072 3880 41.36
38488   Kihoku-cho 鬼 北 町 241.88 10,705 10,046 44.26
38500 Minamiuwa-gun 南 宇 和 郡 238.99 21,902 20,309 91.64
38506   Ainan-cho 愛 南 町 238.99 21,902 20,309 91.64
Ehime prefecture 5,676.23 1,385,262 1,351,510 244.05

swell

1 Area data from 2017
2 Results of the 2015 census
3 Estimated population 2018

Biggest places

Former and existing cities (-shi)
Census year Residents
2015 2010 2005 2000
Matsuyama 514.865 517.231 514.865 473.379
Imabari 158.114 166,532 158.114 117.930
Niihama 119.903 121,735 119.903 125,537
Saijō 108.174 112.091 108.174 58.110
Shikokuchūō 87,413 90.187 87,413 ——
Uwajima 77,465 84.210 77,465 62.126
Ozu 44,086 47,157 44,086 39,011
Seiyo 38,919 42,080 38,919 ——
Iyo 36,827 38.017 36,827 30,547
Yawatahama 34,951 38,370 34,951 33,285
Tōon 34,613 35,253 34,613 ——
Kawanoe —— —— —— 38.126
Iyomishima —— —— —— 36,832
Hojo —— —— —— 28,547
Tōyo —— —— —— 32,993

November 1st, 2004: The city of Toyo and 2 communities are incorporated into the city of Saijō .
April 1, 2004: The cities of Iomyshima and Kawanoe as well as two communities merge to form the new city of Shikokuchūō .
April 1, 2004: The new city of Seiyo is formed from 5 parishes.
September 21, 2004: The new city of Tōon is formed from 2 parishes.
January 1, 2005: The city of Hojo is incorporated into Matsuyama .

Population development in the prefecture

Census population
Census
year		 Total
population		 male
population		 female
population		 Gender
ratio
men to 1000 women 		Area
in km 2 		Population
density
per km 2
1920 1,046,720 515,389 531.331 970 5698.97 183.7
1925 1,096,366 542.271 554.095 979 5698.97 192.4
1930 1,142,122 564,699 577.423 978 5667.11 201.5
1935 1,164,898 575,627 589.271 977 5667.26 205.6
1940 1,178,705 580.839 597,866 972 5667.26 208.0
1945 1,361,484 635.305 726.179 875 5667.26 240.2
1950 1,521,878 742.092 779.786 952 5663.15 268.7
1955 1,540,628 749,342 791.286 947 5651.18 272.6
1960 1,500,687 721.311 779.376 926 5651.18 265.6
1965 1,446,384 688.063 758.321 907 5654.19 255.8
1970 1,418,124 670.980 747.144 898 5657.86 250.7
1975 1,465,215 697.794 767.421 909 5664.22 258.7
1980 1,506,637 718.517 788.120 912 5667.88 265.8
1985 1,529,983 728.506 801.477 909 5671.72 269.8
1990 1,515,025 716.940 798.085 898 5673.57 267.0
1995 1,506,700 712,518 794.182 897 5675.23 265.5
2000 1,493,092 704.289 788.803 893 5676.22 263.0
2005 1,467,815 691,677 776.138 891 5677.12 258.6
2010 1,431,493 673.326 758.167 888 5678.18 252.1
2015 1,385,262 654.380 730.882 895 5676.11 244.1

politics

Political groups in the prefecture parliament
(as of July 3, 2019)
        
A total of 47 seats
  • LDP : 17
  • Shishi [ 志士 , s. Shishi ] no kai (LDP split in March 2017): 11
  • Ehime Ishin no Kai (originally Nippon Ishin no Kai Prefectural Association ): 7
  • Ehime liberal no kai (with KDP , SDP ): 4
  • Kōmeitō : 2
  • KPY : 1
  • Network shimin no mado ("Citizens' Network Window"): 1
  • Non-attached: 4
The main building of the prefectural administration of Ehime in Matsuyama, erected in 1929, where the prefectural parliament also meets.

Tokihiro Nakamura , former mayor of Matsuyama , has been the governor of Ehime since 2010 . He was re-elected for a third term in 2018 . In the regular 47-member parliament, the Liberal Democratic Party remained the only party noteworthy to be represented in the regional elections in April 2019 with 15 seats.

Ehime sends four lower house and two upper house members to the national parliament . The four lower house constituencies won three Liberal Democrats and one member of the Party of Hope (later to the DVP ) in 2017 . In the upper house, the prefecture after the elections represented in 2016 and 2019 Liberal Democrat Junzo Yamamoto and the non-party opposition politician Takako Nagae in the fraction Hekisuikai .

economy

Ehime is Japan's most important fruit supplier and is famous for its mandarins .

tourism

In Ōzu , cormorant fishing ( ukai ) is maintained and in Uwajima a form of bullfighting ( tōgyū ) originating from the Ryūkyū Islands , which is comparable to the Swiss cow fight .

Web links

Commons : Ehime Prefecture  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kokudo Chiriin (GSI - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), 平 成 29 年 全国 都 道 府 県 市区 町 村 別 面積 調 (Nationwide survey of all prefectures and municipalities 2017) , p. 84: 38 Ehime-ken (Japanese), accessed on 9 December 2018
  2. ↑ e-stat (English), accessed on December 9, 2018
  3. ↑ 簡 単 検 索 ・ 詳細 検 索 ・ 検 索 サ ン プ ル , accessed December 9, 2018 (Japanese)
  4. ↑ e-Stat database , accessed on January 1, 2019 (English)
  5. ↑ Ehime Prefectural Parliament : Members by parliamentary group , accessed on August 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ 自 民 分裂 、 新 会 派 か ら 県 議長 志士 の 会 、 毛利氏 １２ 人 、 人事 に 反 発 し 離 脱 ／ 愛媛 . In: Mainichi Shimbun regional edition . March 18, 2017, Retrieved November 15, 2017 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ 愛媛 県 知事 選 現 職 の 中 村 時 広 氏 が ３ 回 目 の 当選 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. November 19, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019 (Japanese).
  8. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 愛媛 県 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019 (Japanese).

Coordinates: 33 ° 46 '  N , 132 ° 52'  E