Suminoe住之江区

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

Suminoe (住之江区, Suminoe-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 120,072 (2020 census), area 20.68 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

住之江区

Reading

Suminoe-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

120,072 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-2.4% from 122,988

Area

20.68 km²

Density

5,806 people per km²

Households

59,913

Under 15

10.4%

65 and over

31.3%

Foreign residents

4,175 (3.5%)

Code

27125 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/suminoe

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Taishō Ward大正区
• Sumiyoshi Ward住吉区
• Nishinari Ward西成区
• Sakai Ward堺区(Sakai)

Questions about Suminoe

Is Suminoe a city?

Suminoe (住之江区) 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 Suminoe?

Suminoe 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 Suminoe?

120,072 at the 2020 census, down 2.4% from 122,988 in 2015. The area is 20.68 km², which is 5,806 people per km². 59,913 households. 31.3% of residents are 65 or older and 10.4% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Suminoe?

Four: Taishō Ward (大正区), Sumiyoshi Ward (住吉区), Nishinari Ward (西成区), and Sakai Ward (堺区) of Sakai. These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Suminoe in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Suminoe written in Japanese?

住之江区, read Suminoe-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 Suminoe begin?

大阪府大阪市住之江区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Suminoe-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.