Jōtō城東区

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

Jōtō (城東区, Jōtō-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 169,043 (2020 census), area 8.38 km². Borders 6 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

城東区

Reading

Jōtō-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

169,043 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+2.6% from 164,697

Area

8.38 km²

Density

20,172 people per km²

Households

82,712

Under 15

12.0%

65 and over

25.6%

Foreign residents

5,144 (3.0%)

Code

27118 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/joto

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Miyakojima Ward都島区
• Higashinari Ward東成区
• Asahi Ward旭区
• Tsurumi Ward鶴見区
• Chūō Ward中央区
• Higashiosaka City東大阪市

Questions about Jōtō

Is Jōtō a city?

Jōtō (城東区) 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 Jōtō?

Jōtō 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 Jōtō?

169,043 at the 2020 census, up 2.6% from 164,697 in 2015. The area is 8.38 km², which is 20,172 people per km². 82,712 households. 25.6% of residents are 65 or older and 12.0% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Jōtō?

Six: Miyakojima Ward (都島区), Higashinari Ward (東成区), Asahi Ward (旭区), Tsurumi Ward (鶴見区), Chūō Ward (中央区), and Higashiosaka City (東大阪市). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Jōtō in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Jōtō written in Japanese?

城東区, read Jōtō-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 Jōtō begin?

大阪府大阪市城東区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Jōtō-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.