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 Constitution of Teiko 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 by the Ministry of Interior and District Government. Once approved, the resolution will 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.

Classification for large cities
The Cabinet of Teiko can designate a city of at least 250,000 inhabitants to have the status of a special city, core city or designated city. These statuses expand the scope of administrative authority designated from the prefectural government to the city government. Currently there are nine special city, core city or designated city in Teiko.

Status of Kaijo and Rakuzan
Kaijo and Rakuzan, two of the largest cities in Teiko existed as singe-core designated city until 1975 and 2001 respectively when it was designated as prefectural metropolis which are considered as part of the special administrative districts. Unlike other cities, the wards which constitutes Kaijo and Rakuzan are in the same municipal level as those of core cities. However unlike Kaijo, Rakuzan's jurisdiction only encompass the original ten wards of the former City of Rakuzan.