Matsuyama
city in Ehime prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Matsuyama is a core city of Japan[1]. Matsuyama draws 4,957 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #12 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ehime Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Iyo Sea[5], Itsuki Sea[6], Seto Inland Sea[7]
- Head of government: Katsuhito Noshi[8]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[9], big city[10]
- Shares border with: Tōon-shi[11], Imabari[12], Masaki[13], Tobe[14], Kumakogen[15], Suō-ōshima-chō[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Freiburg im Breisgau[17], Sacramento[18]
- Location: Chūyo region[19]
- Commons category: Matsuyama, Ehime[20]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[21]
- Inception: December 15, 1889[22]
- Located in/on physical feature: Dōgo Plain[23]
- Official website: https://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/[24]
- Foods traditionally associated: Matsuyama-zushi[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Matsuyama, Ehime[26]
- Population: 506,743[27], 516,637[28], 514,865[29], 517,231[30]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Matsuyama[31]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[33]
- Replaces: Asami[34], Oguri[35], Soga[36], Dōgo[37], Miyuki[38], Dōgoyuno[39], Mitsuhama[40], Wake[41], Hisaeda[42], Horie[43], Shiomi[44], Mibu[45], Kuwabara[46], Shōseki[47]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Matsuyama include Matsuyama Airport[48], an airport[49], in Japan[50], founded in 1978[51].
Why It Matters
Matsuyama has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Matsuyama is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Matsuyama include Matsuyama Airport[48], an airport[49], in Japan[50], founded in 1978[51].