Ikeda池田市
Ikeda-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Ikeda (池田市, Ikeda-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture. Population 104,993 (2020 census), area 22.14 km². Borders 4 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
- 池田市
- Reading
- Ikeda-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Osaka 大阪府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 104,993 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +1.9% from 103,069
- Area
- 22.14 km²
- Density
- 4,742 people per km²
- Households
- 48,611
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 27.2%
- Foreign residents
- 2,311 (2.2%)
- Code
- 27204 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.ikeda.osaka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
4 places share a land border with Ikeda. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Ikeda
- Is Ikeda a city or a prefecture?
- Ikeda (池田市) 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 Ikeda?
- Ikeda 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 Ikeda?
- 104,993 at the 2020 census, up 1.9% from 103,069 in 2015. The area is 22.14 km², which is 4,742 people per km². 48,611 households. 27.2% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Ikeda?
- Four: Toyonaka City (豊中市), Mino City (箕面市), Itami City (伊丹市) in Hyōgo, and Kawanishi City (川西市) in Hyōgo. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Ikeda in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Ikeda written in Japanese?
- 池田市, read Ikeda-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 Ikeda begin?
- 大阪府池田市… (Ōsaka-fu, Ikeda-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.