Konohana此花区

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

Konohana (此花区, Konohana-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 65,251 (2020 census), area 19.28 km². Borders 4 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

此花区

Reading

Konohana-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

65,251 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-2.1% from 66,656

Area

19.28 km²

Density

3,384 people per km²

Households

32,318

Under 15

11.3%

65 and over

28.2%

Foreign residents

2,081 (3.2%)

Code

27104 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/konohana

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Fukushima Ward福島区
• Nishi Ward西区
• Minato Ward港区
• Nishiyodogawa Ward西淀川区

Questions about Konohana

Is Konohana a city?

Konohana (此花区) 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 Konohana?

Konohana 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 Konohana?

65,251 at the 2020 census, down 2.1% from 66,656 in 2015. The area is 19.28 km², which is 3,384 people per km². 32,318 households. 28.2% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Konohana?

Four: Fukushima Ward (福島区), Nishi Ward (西区), Minato Ward (港区), and Nishiyodogawa Ward (西淀川区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Konohana in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Konohana written in Japanese?

此花区, read Konohana-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 Konohana begin?

大阪府大阪市此花区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Konohana-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.