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List of former towns or villages gained city status alone in Japan

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The following municipalities in Japan gained city status alone.

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Which means that the current cities became cities without merging with another municipality.

1991

  • Sodegaura, Chiba
  • Tsurugashima, Saitama
  • Hidaka, Saitama
  • Hannan, Osaka
  • Kashiba, Nara
  • Hamura, Tokyo

    • 1992

  • Yachimata, Chiba
  • Maebaru, Fukuoka

    • 1994

  • Nisshin, Aichi

    • 1996

  • Yoshikawa, Saitama
  • Inzai, Chiba
  • Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō
  • Ishikari, Hokkaidō

    • 1997

  • Kyōtanabe, Kyoto
  • Koga, Fukuoka

    • 2001

  • Shiroi, Chiba
  • Rittō, Shiga

    • 2002

  • Moriya, Ibaraki
  • Tomisato, Chiba
  • Tomigusuku, Okinawa

    • 2006

  • Iwade, Wakayama

    • 2010

  • Miyoshi, Aichi

    • 2011

  • Nonoichi, Ishikawa

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