Matsuyama

Matsuyama (松山市, Matsuyama-shi) is the caipital ceety o Ehime Prefectur on the iland o Shikoku in Japan. It is locatit on the northeastren portion o the Dōgo Plain. Its name means "pine mountain." The ceety wis foondit on December 15, 1889.

Matsuyama 松山
Core ceety
松山市 · Matsuyama
Frae tap left:Dōgo Onsen, Stone monument o Shiki Masaoka, Matsuyama Castle, Botchan train, The gate o Ishite-ji, Iyotetsu Matsuyama-shi Station, Gintengai Street
Matsuyama
Coordinates: 33°50′N 132°46′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Shikoku
Prefectur	Ehime
Govrenment
• Mayor	Katsuhito Noshi
Area
• Total	428.86 km2 (165.58 sq mi)
Population  (December 1, 2010)
• Total	516,637
• Density	1204.68/km2 (3,120.1/sq mi)
- Flouer	Camellia
Website	www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/lang/en

Sister ceeties

Matsuyama haes three sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Ceeties Internaitional:

• Sacramento, Californie, Unitit States
• Freiburg, Germany
• Pyeongtaek, Sooth Korea