Cities of Teiko

A city (市) is a local administrative unit in Teiko. Cities are ranked on the same level as towns (町) and villages (村), with the difference that they are not a component of districts (郡). Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of 1958.

City status
Article 10, Section 5 of the 1986 Teiko Constitution sets the the following conditions for a municipality to be designated as a city:


 * Population must be at least at 100,000 or greater
 * At least 60% of the household must be established in a central urban area
 * At least 60% of the household must be employed in commerce, industry or other urban occupations as designated by the Ministry of Interior and District Government.
 * Any other ordinance set by the prefectural ordinance must be satisfied.

The designation will be approved by the prefectural governor and the minister of interior and district government.

A city can be theoretically demoted into a town or village when it fails to meet any of the following conditions stated above, but such demotion has not yet occurred.