Ibaraki茨木市
Ibaraki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ibaraki (茨木市, Ibaraki-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture. Population 287,730 (2020 census), area 76.49 km². Borders 6 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
- 茨木市
- Reading
- Ibaraki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Osaka 大阪府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 287,730 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +2.7% from 280,033
- Area
- 76.49 km²
- Density
- 3,762 people per km²
- Households
- 125,089
- Under 15
- 13.6%
- 65 and over
- 24.8%
- Foreign residents
- 3,622 (1.3%)
- Code
- 27211 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ibaraki.osaka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
6 places share a land border with Ibaraki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ibaraki
- Is Ibaraki a city or a prefecture?
- Ibaraki (茨木市) 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 Ibaraki?
- Ibaraki 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 Ibaraki?
- 287,730 at the 2020 census, up 2.7% from 280,033 in 2015. The area is 76.49 km², which is 3,762 people per km². 125,089 households. 24.8% of residents are 65 or older and 13.6% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ibaraki?
- Six: Kameoka City (亀岡市) in Kyoto, Suita City (吹田市), Takatsuki City (高槻市), Mino City (箕面市), Settsu City (摂津市), and Toyono Town (豊能町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ibaraki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ibaraki written in Japanese?
- 茨木市, read Ibaraki-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 Ibaraki begin?
- 大阪府茨木市… (Ōsaka-fu, Ibaraki-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.