Higashiyodogawa東淀川区

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

Higashiyodogawa (東淀川区, Higashiyodogawa-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 177,120 (2020 census), area 13.27 km². Borders 7 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

東淀川区

Reading

Higashiyodogawa-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

177,120 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+0.9% from 175,530

Area

13.27 km²

Density

13,347 people per km²

Households

99,699

Under 15

9.4%

65 and over

25.1%

Foreign residents

7,270 (4.1%)

Code

27114 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/higashiyodogawa

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

7 places share a land border with Higashiyodogawa, 4 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Miyakojima Ward都島区
• Asahi Ward旭区
• Yodogawa Ward淀川区
• Kita Ward北区
• Suita City吹田市
• Moriguchi City守口市
• Settsu City摂津市

Questions about Higashiyodogawa

Is Higashiyodogawa a city?

Higashiyodogawa (東淀川区) 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 Higashiyodogawa?

Higashiyodogawa 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 Higashiyodogawa?

177,120 at the 2020 census, up 0.9% from 175,530 in 2015. The area is 13.27 km², which is 13,347 people per km². 99,699 households. 25.1% of residents are 65 or older and 9.4% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Higashiyodogawa?

Seven: Miyakojima Ward (都島区), Asahi Ward (旭区), Yodogawa Ward (淀川区), Kita Ward (北区), Suita City (吹田市), Moriguchi City (守口市), and Settsu City (摂津市). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Higashiyodogawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Higashiyodogawa written in Japanese?

東淀川区, read Higashiyodogawa-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 Higashiyodogawa begin?

大阪府大阪市東淀川区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Higashiyodogawa-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.