Nishiyodogawa西淀川区

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

Nishiyodogawa (西淀川区, Nishiyodogawa-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 95,864 (2020 census), area 14.21 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

西淀川区

Reading

Nishiyodogawa-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

95,864 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+0.4% from 95,490

Area

14.21 km²

Density

6,746 people per km²

Households

46,266

Under 15

11.3%

65 and over

25.9%

Foreign residents

4,088 (4.3%)

Code

27113 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/nishiyodogawa

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

4 places share a land border with Nishiyodogawa, 3 of them wards of the same city. Borders across water are not counted.

• Fukushima Ward福島区
• Konohana Ward此花区
• Yodogawa Ward淀川区
• Amagasaki City尼崎市(Hyōgo)

Questions about Nishiyodogawa

Is Nishiyodogawa a city?

Nishiyodogawa (西淀川区) 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 Nishiyodogawa?

Nishiyodogawa 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 Nishiyodogawa?

95,864 at the 2020 census, up 0.4% from 95,490 in 2015. The area is 14.21 km², which is 6,746 people per km². 46,266 households. 25.9% of residents are 65 or older and 11.3% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Nishiyodogawa?

Four: Fukushima Ward (福島区), Konohana Ward (此花区), Yodogawa Ward (淀川区), and Amagasaki City (尼崎市) in Hyōgo. These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Nishiyodogawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Nishiyodogawa written in Japanese?

西淀川区, read Nishiyodogawa-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 Nishiyodogawa begin?

大阪府大阪市西淀川区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Nishiyodogawa-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.