Abeno阿倍野区

Abeno-ku. The name ends in 区 (ku), the word for ward.

Abeno (阿倍野区, Abeno-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 110,995 (2020 census), area 5.98 km². Borders 5 places.

An administrative ward of a designated city. It has a ward office that handles residence registration and other counter services, but no mayor and no assembly of its own: it is part of the city, and the city's mayor and assembly govern it.

Postal addresses put this ward in the same slot as a Tokyo special ward, which makes the two look equivalent. They are not: you vote for a ward mayor in Tokyo's Kita-ku, and for the city mayor in Osaka's Kita-ku.

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Facts

Japanese name

阿倍野区

Reading

Abeno-ku

Kind

Ward of a designated city (行政区): an office of the city, not a government

City

Osaka City 大阪市

Prefecture

Osaka 大阪府

Region

Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿

Population

110,995 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.1% from 107,626

Area

5.98 km²

Density

18,561 people per km²

Households

53,649

Under 15

12.7%

65 and over

25.9%

Foreign residents

3,298 (3.0%)

Code

27119 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/abeno

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

5 places share a land border with Abeno, 5 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Tennōji Ward天王寺区
• Ikuno Ward生野区
• Sumiyoshi Ward住吉区
• Higashisumiyoshi Ward東住吉区
• Nishinari Ward西成区

Questions about Abeno

Is Abeno a city?

Abeno (阿倍野区) is a ward of Osaka (大阪市), a designated city. It is not a government. The ward office handles counter services such as residence registration, but the ward has no mayor and no assembly of its own: the city's mayor and assembly govern it. Tokyo's 23 special wards are written with the same character, 区, and those are governments.

Where is Abeno?

Abeno is inside Osaka (大阪市), 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 Abeno?

110,995 at the 2020 census, up 3.1% from 107,626 in 2015. The area is 5.98 km², which is 18,561 people per km². 53,649 households. 25.9% of residents are 65 or older and 12.7% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Abeno?

Five: Tennōji Ward (天王寺区), Ikuno Ward (生野区), Sumiyoshi Ward (住吉区), Higashisumiyoshi Ward (東住吉区), and Nishinari Ward (西成区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Abeno in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Abeno written in Japanese?

阿倍野区, read Abeno-ku. The last character, 区 (ku), is the word for ward, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Abeno begin?

大阪府大阪市阿倍野区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Abeno-ku, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name, then the ward name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.