Sakai

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Sakai-shi
堺 市
Sakai
Geographical location in Japan
Sakai (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Kinki
Prefecture : Osaka
Coordinates : 34 ° 34 '  N , 135 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 34 '24 "  N , 135 ° 28' 59"  E
Basic data
Surface: 149.99 km²
Residents : 827,971
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 5520 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 27140-3
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Sakai
Tree : pasture
Flower : Japanese iris
Blooming tree: camellia
Bird : Buffalo head shrike
town hall
Address : Sakai City Hall
3 - 1 , Minamikawara-machi
Sakai-ku , Sakai -shi
Osaka  590-0078
Website URL: http://www.city.sakai.lg.jp/
Location Sakais in Osaka Prefecture
Location Sakai in the prefecture

Sakai ( Japanese 堺 市 , -shi ) is a city in Osaka Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

geography

Sakai is located on Osaka Bay .

history

Sakai was mentioned as an important port in trade with the Empire of China as early as the 15th century . In the Edo period, Sakai was administered directly by a shogunate administrator (Sakai- bugyō ) . In 1868 the Sakai incident occurred , in which eleven French sailors were killed and the samurai involved were ordered to commit suicide in retaliation.

In the Meiji Restoration, Sakai became the administrative seat of Sakai Prefecture . The forerunner of the modern city of Sakai, the "district" / city district Sakai (Sakai-ku) , was created in 1880, from which the Sakai-shi emerged in 1889 when the local regulations co-written by Prussian advisors were introduced .

In April 2006, Sakai was divided into a city ​​by government decree and thus into districts (ku) .

Politics and administration

Political groups in the city parliament
(as of May 22, 2019)
      
A total of 48 seats

Mayor of Sakai is former Prefectural MP Hideki Nagafuji of Osaka Ishin no Kai . He was elected in June 2019 against the former city parliament member Tomoaki Nomura (ex- LDP ), who was supported by the established parties, and another candidate to succeed Osami Takeyama, who resigned over a donation scandal (most recently anti-Ishin candidate of the established parties) . Nagafuji focused his campaign on other issues; But with his election victory, the Ishin no Kai's " Ōsaka-to- plan" is again up for debate to break up the cities of Osaka and Sakai into "special districts" of Osaka, which would then functionally like Tokyo to -to , a "metropolitan / Capital prefecture ”. The Ishin no Kai wants to make another attempt to dissolve the city of Osaka after their double victory in the gubernatorial and mayoral elections in the city of Osaka in April 2019 . When the city of Sakai will be included in the to-plan again is open.

The Sakai City Parliament ( Sakai-shigikai ) has 48 members from seven constituencies that are identical to the municipal districts. In the April 2019 election, Ōsaka Ishin no Kai was able to increase its relative majority.

The city ​​elects eight members in six constituencies to the 88-member prefectural parliament of Osaka ( Ōsaka-fugikai ). After the 2019 election - also part of the unified elections in April - five of them (as of April 30, 2019) belong to the Ishin no Kai, three to the LDP parliamentary group.

In elections to the House of Representatives , the lower house of the national parliament, the majority of the city of Sakai forms the constituencies of Osaka 16 and 17, which in the 2017 House of Representatives elections unchanged the former MLIT minister Kazuo Kitagawa ( Kōmeitō ) and the former city parliament president Nobuyuki Baba ( Nippon Ishin no Kai ) won. The Mihara district of Sakai belongs to constituency 15, which spans the southeast of the prefecture to the border with Nara and Wakayama and which was won back in 2014 after two defeats in 2009 and 2012 by the liberal democrat Naokazu Takemoto .

City structure

Sakai, Naka-ku wards highlighted

Sakai is divided into seven boroughs ( Ku ), which are as follows in clockwise order:

Code
with check digit 		Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density  (inhabitants / km 2 )  3
Rōmaji Kanji 1. Oct. 2018 1 October 1, 2018 2 Oct. 1, 2015 3
27141-1 Sakai-ku 堺 区 23.65 147,742 148.205 6266.60
27146-2 Kita-ku 北区 15.60 159.117 158.845 10,182.37
27147-1 Mihara-ku 美 原 区 13.20 38,410 39,156 2966.36
27143-8 Higashi-ku 東区 10.49 84,844 85.189 8120.97
27142-0 Naka-ku 中 区 17.88 123.310 124,543 6965.49
27145-4 Minami-ku 南 区 40.39 141,763 147,626 3655.01
27144-6 Nishi-ku 西区 28.62 135.831 135,746 4743.05
27140-3 Sakai-shi 堺 市 149.82 831.017 839.310 5602.12

Population development

The boroughs of Sakai
Data on the day of the census (October 1st) 4
year population Area
(km²)		 Population
density
(inh / km²)
All in all male Female
1925 105.009 52,240 52,589 11.2 9342
1930 120,348 61.197 59,151 15.8 7641
1935 141.286 72,334 68,952 15.8 8971
1940 182.147 92,766 89,381 31.3 5816
1945 168,348 81,271 87,077 52.6 3203
1947 194.048 99,796 94,252 52.6 3692
1950 213,688 107.107 106,581 52.6 4066
1955 251,793 125.603 126,190 52.5 4798
1960 339.863 171.065 168,798 96.8 3510
1965 466.412 237.020 229.392 128.7 3625
1970 594,637 299.992 294,375 132.1 4500
1975 750.688 376.248 374.440 132.9 5648
1980 810.106 401,887 408.219 133.3 6078
1985 818.271 404.149 414.122 134.1 6100
1990 807.765 397.078 410,687 136.8 5906
1995 802.933 392,887 410.106 136.8 5870
2000 792.018 384.381 407,637 136.8 5790
2005 830.966 400.294 430,672 150.0 5540
2010 841.966 404.756 437.210 150.0 5613
2015 839.310 402.379 436.931 149.8 5602

1 Area data from 2018
2 Estimated population 2018
3 Results of the 2015 census
4 PDF report on the 2015 census, Chapter 1 Population (Japanese).

Attractions

One of Sakai's attractions is the Daisenryō-Kofun , which is one of the largest graves in the world with a total area of ​​320,000 m². It is believed to be the tumulus of the Nintoku - Tennō .

economy

There are electrical, shipbuilding, iron, steel and petrochemical industries. The global manufacturer of tubes for bicycle frames Tange International was founded in Sakai.

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Neighboring cities and communities

Web links

Commons : Sakai  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sakai City, Parliament: MPs by Faction (Japanese), accessed June 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ 堺 市長 選 永 藤 氏 が 初 当選 維新 が 勢 い 維持 . In: Mainichi Shimbun . June 9, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Osaka Ishin no Kai candidate Hideki Nagafuji wins Sakai mayoral election . In: The Japan Times . June 10, 2019, accessed June 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 維新 ３ ト ッ プ 独占 、 府 市 連 携 を 堺 に 拡 大 へ 都 構想 追 い 風 . In: Asahi Shimbun Digital. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ 「大阪 都 構想」 に ど う 影響？ 堺 市長 選 3 つ の ポ イ ン ト . In: nikkei.com . June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019 (Japanese).
  6. ↑ 堺 市 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ Osaka Prefectural Administration , Parliamentary Secretariat , Communication on the formation of political groups ( 会 派 の 結成 に つ い て ) May 7, 2019 (pdf / MS Word): MPs by political group (& constituency) (Japanese), accessed on May 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ 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. 66: 27 Osaka-fu (Japanese), accessed on 8 March 2019
  9. ↑ 簡 単 検 索 ・ 詳細 検 索 ・ 検 索 サ ン プ ル , accessed March 8, 2019 (Japanese)
  10. ↑ e-stat (English), accessed on March 8, 2019
  11. ↑ 国 勢 調査 で 見 る 堺 , accessed March 17, 2019