Daisen City
大仙市

Daisen City's location in Akita prefecture, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Akita prefecture
Physical characteristics
Area	866.68 km²
Population (as of 2006)
Total	92,295
Density	106.49/km²
Symbols
Tree	Japanese Zelkova
Flower	Cosmos
Bird	Common Kingfisher
Symbol of Daisen City
Daisen City Hall
Address	〒014-8601 Daisen-shi, Hanazono-chō 1-1
Phone number	0187-63-1111
Official website: Akita City

Daisen (大仙市, -shi) is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2005, it has an estimated population of 98,326 and an area of 866.68 km², giving a population density of 113.45 per square kilometer. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Akita Prefecture ) is located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Japan. ... In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government. ... Map of the regions of Japan. ... Tohoku region, Japan The Tōhoku region (東北地方; Tōhoku-chihō) is a geographical area of Japan. ... The prefectures of Japan are the countrys 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one metropolis (都 to), Tokyo; one circuit (道 dō), Hokkaidō; two urban prefectures (府 fu), Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures (県 ken). ... Akita Prefecture ) is located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Japan. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... Binomial name (Thunb. ... A Phalaenopsis flower Rudbeckia fulgida A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ... Species Cosmos atrosanguineus Cosmos bipinnatus Cosmos sulphureus et al Cosmos is a genus of about twenty species of annual and perennial plants of the Asteraceae family, including the garden flowers Cosmos bipinnatus (also known as Mexican Aster),Cosmos atrosanguineus (Chocolate Cosmos) and Cosmos sulphureus (Yellow Cosmos). They are native to... “Aves” redirects here. ... Binomial name Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis is widely distributed in Europe, Africa and Asia. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... An address is a code and abstract concept expressing the fixed location of a home, business or other building on the earths surface. ... A telephone number is a sequence of decimal digits that uniquely indicates the network termination point. ... Akita Prefecture ) is located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Japan. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The city was created on March 22, 2005 from the merger of Ōmagari City, the towns Kamioka, Nishisenboku, Nakasen, Kyōwa, Senboku, Ōta, and the village of Nangai, all from Senboku District. March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... &#332;magari (&#22823;&#26354;&#24066;; -shi) is a city located in Akita in Tohoku region of Japan. ... Kamioka (&#31070;&#23713;&#30010;; -machi) is a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan. ... Nishisenboku (&#35199;&#20185;&#21271;&#30010;; -machi) is a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan. ... Nakasen (&#20013;&#20185;&#30010;; -machi) is a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan. ... Ky&#333;wa (&#21332;&#21644;&#30010;; -machi) is a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan. ... Senboku (&#20185;&#21271;&#30010;; -machi) is a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan. ... &#332;ta (&#22826;&#30000;&#30010;; -machi) is a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan. ... Nangai (&#21335;&#22806;&#26449;; -mura) is a village located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan. ... Senboku (&#20185;&#21271;&#37089;; -gun) is a district located in Akita, Japan. ...

Several of the former municipalities have new names within the city:

• Ōmagari -> Daisen-shi Ōmagari (大仙市大曲)
• Kyōwa -> Daisen-shi Kyōwa (大仙市協和)
• Nangai -> Daisen-shi Nangai (大仙市南外)
• Ōta (Ōta-machi) -> Daisen-shi Ōta-chō (大仙市太田町)

All others are simply Daisen-shi

After the merger, Daisen has the distinction of having the largest city assembly in all of Japan, 136 members [1], far exceeding even Tokyo Metropolis, due to the retention of all of the former municipalities' assembly members, though some have resigned.   , literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ...

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Daisen, Akita

• (Japanese) Official Daisen City homepage

Akita Prefecture
Cities
Akita (capital) | Daisen | Katagami | Kazuno | Kitaakita | Nikaho | Noshiro | Oga | Ōdate | Senboku | Yokote | Yurihonjō | Yuzawa
Districts
Kazuno | Kitaakita | Minamiakita | Ogachi | Senboku | Yamamoto
See also: Towns and villages by district edit