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| settlement_type= City | image_skyline = Doitaikodai2F.JPG | image_caption = Doi Taiko (Japanese drum) Festival, held on October 13 to 15 every year | image_symbol = Shikokuchuo Ehime chapter.JPG | image_map = Ehime-shikokuchuo-city.svg | lat_deg= 33 | lat_min= 59 | lat_sec= | lon_deg= 133 | lon_min= 33 | lon_sec= | region = Shikoku | prefecture = Ehime Prefecture | district = | mayor = Takumi Ihara (since April 2004) | area_km2 = 419.98 | population = 92,486 | population_as_of = May 31, 2011 | density_km2 = 220.21 | tree = | flower = | bird = | city_hall_address = 4-6-55 Miyagawa, Mishima, Shikokuchūō-shi, Ehime-ken | city_hall_postal_code = 799-0497 | website = }} is a city located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Shikokuchūō is the leading producer of paper and paper products in Japan.〔 It is also a port city and one of Ehime’s major centers of industry. As of May 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 92,486, with 37,616 households and a population density of 220.21 persons per km². The total area is 419.98 km². ==History== Shikokuchūō is part of the former Uma District. As Uma is centrally located in Shikoku, it was historically a transportation hub between Shikoku’s major cities. Due to its strategic importance, during the Sengoku period Uma was repeatedly invaded by the neighboring domains of Sanuki, Awa and Tosa.〔("City of Shikokuchuo English Web Site" "History and Culture" )〕 Forts were built in the east part of Uma to protect against these invasions. Industry began to flourish in Uma during the Edo period, and the city grew as a port town. The Tosa kaido offered access to Tosa in the south, so Uma was also a stopping spot, or ‘post station,’ for the Tosa daimyo and travelers to and from Tosa.〔Ehime-ken Bunka Shinko Zaidan. ''Ehime no Furusato Komichi, Higashi Iyo-hen''. 1982, p.178 Japanese〕 Paper making began in Uma around 1750,〔 and much later grew into the region’s major industry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shikokuchūō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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