Nishi西区

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

Nishi (西区, Nishi-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 105,862 (2020 census), area 5.21 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

西区

Reading

Nishi-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

105,862 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+14.5% from 92,430

Area

5.21 km²

Density

20,319 people per km²

Households

63,874

Under 15

11.5%

65 and over

15.3%

Foreign residents

4,753 (4.5%)

Code

27106 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/nishi

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Fukushima Ward福島区
• Konohana Ward此花区
• Minato Ward港区
• Taishō Ward大正区
• Naniwa Ward浪速区
• Kita Ward北区
• Chūō Ward中央区

Questions about Nishi

Is Nishi a city?

Nishi (西区) 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 Nishi?

Nishi 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 Nishi?

105,862 at the 2020 census, up 14.5% from 92,430 in 2015. The area is 5.21 km², which is 20,319 people per km². 63,874 households. 15.3% of residents are 65 or older and 11.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Nishi?

Seven: Fukushima Ward (福島区), Konohana Ward (此花区), Minato Ward (港区), Taishō Ward (大正区), Naniwa Ward (浪速区), Kita Ward (北区), and Chūō Ward (中央区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Nishi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Nishi written in Japanese?

西区, read Nishi-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 Nishi begin?

大阪府大阪市西区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Nishi-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.