Osaka大阪府

Ōsaka-fu·おおさかふ· (fu), urban prefecture

The second of the two 府 (fu) and the smallest prefecture by area after Kagawa. Osaka City and Sakai City are both designated cities.

Osaka and Kyoto only. Both were imperial and administrative centres. A 府 governor has the same office under the same law as a 県 governor. The suffix is a historical label, not a rank.

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Facts

Japanese name
大阪府
Reading
Ōsaka-fu / おおさかふ
Region
Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
Capital
Osaka 大阪市
Population
8,837,685 (2020 census)
Area
1,905 km²
Density
4,639 people per km²
Municipalities
4333 cities, 9 towns, and 1 villages
Designated cities
Osaka City, and Sakai City
Districts (郡)
5
Codes
JIS 27·ISO 3166-2 JP-27

How an address here begins

大阪府大阪市

Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality, then one of Osaka's 24 wards. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Osaka市区町村

43 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.

Districts, with their towns and villages郡 · 町 · 村

A district is a name that groups towns and villages in an address. It has no office and no election. The towns and villages are governments.

Boundaries: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.