is a city located in Akita Prefecture

Akita Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Akita.- History :The area of Akita has been created from the ancient provinces of Dewa and Mutsu....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. As of 2011, it has an estimated population of 87,497 and an area of 866.68 km², giving a population density of 101 per square kilometer.

The city was created on March 22, 2005 from the merger of the city of Ōmagari

Omagari, Akita

was a city located in Akita in Tōhoku region of Japan.On 22 March 2005, the city was merged with the towns of Kamioka, Nishisenboku, Nakasen, Kyōwa, Semboku, Ōta; and the village of Nangai, all from Senboku District to form the new city of Daisen....

, the towns of Kamioka

Kamioka, Akita

was a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan.On March 22, 2005, the town was merged with the city of Ōmagari; the towns Nishisenboku, Nakasen, Kyōwa, Semboku, Ōta; and the village of Nangai, all from Semboku District to form the new city of Daisen....

, Nishisenboku

Nishisenboku, Akita

Nishisenboku was a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan.On March 22, 2005, the town was merged with the city of Ōmagari; the towns Kamioka, Nakasen, Kyōwa, Semboku, Ōta; and the village of Nangai, all from Senboku District to form the new city of Daisen.In 2003, the town had an estimated...

, Nakasen

Nakasen, Akita

Nakasen was a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan.On March 22, 2005, the town was merged with the city of Ōmagari; the towns Kamioka, Nishisenboku, Kyōwa, Semboku, Ōta; and the village of Nangai, all from Senboku District to form the new city of Daisen.In 2003, the town had an estimated...

, Kyōwa

Kyowa, Akita

was a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan.On March 22, 2005, the town was merged with the city of Ōmagari; the towns Kamioka, Nishisenboku, Nakasen, Semboku, Ōta; and the village of Nangai, all from Senboku District to form the new city of Daisen....

, Semboku, Ōta

Ota, Akita

Ōta was a town located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan.On March 22, 2005, the town was merged with the city of Ōmagari; the towns Kamioka, Nishisenboku, Nakasen, Kyōwa, Semboku; and the village of Nangai, all from Senboku District to form the new city of Daisen.In 2003, the town had an estimated...

, and the village of Nangai

Nangai, Akita

Nangai was a village located in Senboku District, Akita, Japan.On March 22, 2005, the village was merged with the city of Ōmagari and the towns Kamioka, Nishisenboku, Nakasen, Kyōwa, Semboku, Ōta, all from Senboku District to form the new city of Daisen.In 2003, the village had an estimated...

, all from Semboku District.

After the merger, Daisen has the distinction of having the largest city assembly

Deliberative assembly

A deliberative assembly is an organization comprising members who use parliamentary procedure to make decisions. In a speech to the electorate at Bristol in 1774, Edmund Burke described the English Parliament as a "deliberative assembly," and the expression became the basic term for a body of...

 in all of Japan, 136 members http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200503290156.html, far exceeding even Tokyo Metropolis

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, due to the retention of all of the former municipalities' assembly members, though some have resigned.

External links

• Official Daisen homepage