Sentence examples for the former cities from inspiring English sources

The city of Kita-Kyūshū was created in 1963 from the former cities of Wakamatsu, Yamata, Tobata, Kokura, and Moji.

The city is now divided administratively into nine wards, two of which Ōmiya and Urawa occupy the central areas, respectively, of the former cities.

Situated in the southeastern part of the prefecture, the city was created in 2001 through the merger of the former cities of Urawa, Yono, and Ōmiya.

Situated on both sides of the Red River, it comprises the former cities of East Kildonan and West Kildonan and the former municipalities of Old Kildonan and North Kildonan, all of which were originally established in the 1870s.

In late December the former cities minister Jamie Briggs resigned from the ministry over inappropriate conduct involving a female diplomatic staffer, and embattled frontbencher Mal Brough stood aside pending an investigation into his role in the Peter Slipper affair.

The scenic center is divided between the former cities of Buda and Pest on opposite sides of the vast, majestic Danube, and straddled by several picture-postcard bridges, like the Erzsebet Bridge, the Chain Bridge and the Margaret Bridge, with its island in the middle of the river.

Libby Coleman's grandmother is the former City Ballet star Melissa Hayden.

The nearest to the centre follows the line of the former city walls.

The former city of Daishōji is now the central part of Kaga.

William C. Thompson Jr., the former city comptroller, cited his long history as an A train rider.

"No, I am not satisfied," Mr. Thompson, the former city comptroller, said sternly.