Imabari

Imabari is a metropolis in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is the second biggest city in Ehime Prefecture. Following a latest merger, as of January 1, 2010, the city has an anticipated populace of 172,384 and population density of 410.87 men and women according to km². The total merged place is 419.56 km². The area wherein Imabari is located had long been a strategic factor for the manipulate of the Seto Inland Sea.

As a result, it changed into managed by way of a spread of forces all through the warring duration, including some of inland sea pirates. The city become officially founded on February eleven, 1920. On January 16, 2005, the cities of Hakata, Kamiura, Kikuma, Miyakubo, Namikata, Omishima, Onishi, Tamagawa, and Yoshiumi, and the villages of Asakura and Sekizen all from Ochi District had been merged into Imabari. As a end result, there are no more villages inside Ehime Prefecture.