Iyo

Iyo is a metropolis placed in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On August 1, 2016, the town has an predicted population of 37,982 and a populace density of 195.93 people in line with km². The total area is 194.44 km². On April 1, 2005, Iyo absorbed the towns of Nakayama and Futami each from Iyo District to create the new and multiplied metropolis of Iyo, elevating its population to over 40,000 and almost quadrupling its vicinity. The seal of the city of Iyo carries the pink of the sunset of Futami, the green of Nakayama, and the blue of the original Iyo town seal.

While archaeological artifacts show that the Iyo location has been settled due to the fact at least as some distance returned because the Yayoi duration 300 BC to 250 AD, the origins of the present town of Iyo may be traced returned to the year 1635, while the Matsuyama han ceded the territory together with Iyo to the Ozu han. The port at Gunchu, the coronary heart of gift-day Iyo, became the principle business port for the Ozu han and the encompassing community flourished.

On January 1, 1955, the metropolis of Gunchu was merged with the villages of Kita-yamasaki, Minami-yamasaki and Minami-iyo to create the primary incarnation of the town of Iyo. On April 1, 2005, Iyo absorbed the cities of Nakayama and Futami each from Iyo District to create the new and expanded metropolis of Iyo.