Miyakojima都島区

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

Miyakojima (都島区, Miyakojima-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 107,904 (2020 census), area 6.08 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

都島区

Reading

Miyakojima-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

107,904 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.0% from 104,727

Area

6.08 km²

Density

17,747 people per km²

Households

56,944

Under 15

11.0%

65 and over

24.7%

Foreign residents

3,430 (3.2%)

Code

27102 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/miyakojima

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Higashiyodogawa Ward東淀川区
• Asahi Ward旭区
• Jōtō Ward城東区
• Kita Ward北区
• Chūō Ward中央区

Questions about Miyakojima

Is Miyakojima a city?

Miyakojima (都島区) 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 Miyakojima?

Miyakojima 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 Miyakojima?

107,904 at the 2020 census, up 3.0% from 104,727 in 2015. The area is 6.08 km², which is 17,747 people per km². 56,944 households. 24.7% of residents are 65 or older and 11.0% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Miyakojima?

Five: Higashiyodogawa Ward (東淀川区), Asahi Ward (旭区), Jōtō Ward (城東区), Kita Ward (北区), and Chūō Ward (中央区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Miyakojima in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Miyakojima written in Japanese?

都島区, read Miyakojima-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 Miyakojima begin?

大阪府大阪市都島区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Miyakojima-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.