Naniwa浪速区

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

Naniwa (浪速区, Naniwa-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 75,504 (2020 census), area 4.39 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

浪速区

Reading

Naniwa-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

75,504 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+8.2% from 69,766

Area

4.39 km²

Density

17,199 people per km²

Households

53,297

Under 15

6.9%

65 and over

18.3%

Foreign residents

9,399 (12.4%)

Code

27111 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/naniwa

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Nishi Ward西区
• Taishō Ward大正区
• Tennōji Ward天王寺区
• Nishinari Ward西成区
• Chūō Ward中央区

Questions about Naniwa

Is Naniwa a city?

Naniwa (浪速区) 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 Naniwa?

Naniwa 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 Naniwa?

75,504 at the 2020 census, up 8.2% from 69,766 in 2015. The area is 4.39 km², which is 17,199 people per km². 53,297 households. 18.3% of residents are 65 or older and 6.9% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Naniwa?

Five: Nishi Ward (西区), Taishō Ward (大正区), Tennōji Ward (天王寺区), Nishinari Ward (西成区), and Chūō Ward (中央区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Naniwa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Naniwa written in Japanese?

浪速区, read Naniwa-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 Naniwa begin?

大阪府大阪市浪速区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Naniwa-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.