page_title: Aomori (city)
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Aomori (city) / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Aomori City Hall after its renovation that was completed in 2019
context_page_description: Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 1 April 2020, the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of 824.61 square kilometers. Aomori is one of Japan's 48 core cities and the core of the Aomori metropolitan area.
context_section_description: Aomori has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 35 members. The city also contributes 10 members of the 48 member Aomori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city falls within the Aomori 1st district, a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan, which also includes the city of Mutsu, the Higashitsugaru District, the Shimokita District, and the northern half of the Kamikita District.
caption: Aomori City Hall
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