Higashiosaka東大阪市
Higashiosaka-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Higashiosaka (東大阪市, Higashiosaka-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture. Population 493,940 (2020 census), area 61.78 km². Borders 9 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Osaka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 東大阪市
- Reading
- Higashiosaka-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Osaka 大阪府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 493,940 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.8% from 502,784
- Area
- 61.78 km²
- Density
- 7,995 people per km²
- Households
- 232,303
- Under 15
- 10.6%
- 65 and over
- 28.9%
- Foreign residents
- 19,590 (4.0%)
- Code
- 27227 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.higashiosaka.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
9 places share a land border with Higashiosaka. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Higashiosaka
- Is Higashiosaka a city or a prefecture?
- Higashiosaka (東大阪市) is a city (市, shi) in Osaka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Higashiosaka?
- Higashiosaka is in Osaka Prefecture (大阪府), in the Kansai region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Higashiosaka?
- 493,940 at the 2020 census, down 1.8% from 502,784 in 2015. The area is 61.78 km², which is 7,995 people per km². 232,303 households. 28.9% of residents are 65 or older and 10.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Higashiosaka?
- Nine: Higashinari Ward (東成区) of Osaka, Ikuno Ward (生野区) of Osaka, Jōtō Ward (城東区) of Osaka, Tsurumi Ward (鶴見区) of Osaka, Hirano Ward (平野区) of Osaka, Yao City (八尾市), Daito City (大東市), Ikoma City (生駒市) in Nara, and Heguri Town (平群町) in Nara. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Higashiosaka in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Higashiosaka written in Japanese?
- 東大阪市, read Higashiosaka-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Higashiosaka begin?
- 大阪府東大阪市… (Ōsaka-fu, Higashiosaka-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 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). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.