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.

Any town, village or unincorporated administrative areas can file for cityhood as long as the criteria are met. The designation will be approved by the prefectural governor and the minister of interior and district government and shall be resolution shall be published in Teiko's Official Gaazette.

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.