Setagaya

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Setagaya-ku
世 田 谷 区
Setagaya
Geographical location in Japan
Setagaya (Japan)
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Region : Kanto
Prefecture : Tokyo
Coordinates : 35 ° 39 '  N , 139 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 38 '48 "  N , 139 ° 39' 12"  E
Basic data
Surface: 58.08 km²
Residents : 938.205
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 16,154 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 13112-1
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Setagaya flag / coat of arms
Tree : Japanese zelkove
Flower : Habenaria radiata
Bird : Blue magpie
town hall
Address : Setagaya City Hall
4 - 21 - 27 , Setagaya
Setagaya-ku
Tōkyō  154-8504
Website URL: http://www.city.setagaya.tokyo.jp
Location of Setagaya in Tokyo Prefecture
Location of Setagaya in the prefecture

Setagaya ( Japanese 世 田 谷 区 , - ku ) is one of the 23 districts of Tokyo , the capital of Japan , and with over 900,000 inhabitants the most populous municipality in Tokyo Prefecture .

geography

Setagaya-ku is located in southwest Tokyo , a little west of Shibuya and the Yamanote ring line . With 58.08 square kilometers, the district is the second largest of the 23 districts in terms of area (9.35% of the 23 districts or 2.66% of the total area of ​​the prefecture), with more than 938.205 inhabitants it is the most populous (9.73% of the residents of the 23 districts) , 6.73% of the total population of the prefecture). The proportion of foreigners is 1.8%.

Setagaya-ku is one of the more expensive residential areas in Tokyo , it is close to the city center with the popular shopping and nightlife areas Shibuya, Ebisu and Daikanyama. 60% of the area is built on with residential buildings, with most of Tokyo and Japan typical small single-family or apartment houses. The tallest building is the Carrot Tower ( キ ャ ロ ッ ト タ ワ ー , kyarotto tawā ) with a height of 124 meters. The administrative center with the district town hall is located in the Setagaya district of the same name.

history

During the Edo period there were a total of 42 villages in what is now the Setagaya district. During the Meiji period , in 1871, the central and eastern parts were incorporated into Tokyo Prefecture , while the rest became part of Kanagawa Prefecture . Of this, further parts were incorporated into Tokyo Prefecture in 1893. When the city ​​of Tokyo expanded in 1932, Setagaya was founded as a district and, after further amalgamations, took on its present dimensions in 1936.

After the dissolution of the city of Tokyo in 1943, Setagaya was founded on March 15, 1947 with the establishment of the 23 ("special -") districts in its current administrative structure.

politics

Group strengths in the district parliament
(as of May 23, 2019)
        
A total of 50 seats
  • LDP : 13
  • Kōmeitō : 9
  • KDP - SDP : 8
  • Mushozoku ・ Gyōkaku Hyakutōban ・ Ishin ("Independent, Administrative Reform 110, Ishin "): 4
  • Setagaya Arata : 4
  • KPY : 3
  • Seikatsusha Network : 3
  • Other political groups (one member each), non-attached: 6

The former social democratic MP and nuclear opponent Nobuto Hosaka was elected mayor of Setagaya in the unified regional elections in April 2011 shortly after the Great East Japanese Earthquake . In the 2019 election , Hosaka was confirmed for a third term with around 61% of the vote against the LDP-supported former district parliamentary president Mihoko Mitsui (39%). The regular 50-member local parliament was also re-elected in the uniform regional elections.

The district forms an eight-mandate constituency for the prefecture parliament. In the last regular election in 2017 , the citizens of Setagaya elected three Liberal Democrats, two Tomin-First candidates and one member each from Kōmeitō, CPJ and Democratic Progressive Party to the parliament of Tokyo, no incumbent was voted out.

For elections to the lower house of the national parliament, Setagaya extends into constituencies of Tokyo 5 and 6 . After the 2017 general election, they will be represented by Liberal Democrat Kenji Wakamiya (41.1% of the vote in 2017) and Constitutional Democrat Takayuki Ochiai (40.8%) after the LDP won both constituencies in 2012 and 2014.

traffic

Buildings

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Neighboring cities and communities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Setagaya District Parliament : Members by political group , accessed on June 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 世 田 谷 区長 選 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 22, 2019, Retrieved June 5, 2019 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ 統一 地方 選 ２０１９> 東京> 世 田 谷 区長 選 . In: Tōkyō Shimbun . April 2019, accessed on June 5, 2019 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ 統一 地方 選 ２０１９> 東京> 世 田 谷 区 議 選 . In: Tōkyō Shimbun . April 2019, accessed on June 5, 2019 (Japanese).
  5. ^ Tōkyō Shimbun , 2017 Prefectural Parliament Election Results : Setagaya District
  6. ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun , 2017 National Lower House Election Results : Tokyo Prefecture