Fukushima福島区

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

Fukushima (福島区, Fukushima-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 79,328 (2020 census), area 4.67 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

福島区

Reading

Fukushima-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

79,328 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+9.4% from 72,484

Area

4.67 km²

Density

16,987 people per km²

Households

42,631

Under 15

12.2%

65 and over

19.0%

Foreign residents

1,628 (2.1%)

Code

27103 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/fukushima

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Konohana Ward此花区
• Nishi Ward西区
• Nishiyodogawa Ward西淀川区
• Yodogawa Ward淀川区
• Kita Ward北区

Questions about Fukushima

Is Fukushima a city?

Fukushima (福島区) 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 Fukushima?

Fukushima 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 Fukushima?

79,328 at the 2020 census, up 9.4% from 72,484 in 2015. The area is 4.67 km², which is 16,987 people per km². 42,631 households. 19.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Fukushima?

Five: Konohana Ward (此花区), Nishi Ward (西区), Nishiyodogawa Ward (西淀川区), Yodogawa Ward (淀川区), and Kita Ward (北区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Fukushima in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Fukushima written in Japanese?

福島区, read Fukushima-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 Fukushima begin?

大阪府大阪市福島区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Fukushima-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.