Sumiyoshi住吉区

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

Sumiyoshi (住吉区, Sumiyoshi-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 153,056 (2020 census), area 9.4 km². Borders 6 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

住吉区

Reading

Sumiyoshi-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

153,056 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-0.8% from 154,239

Area

9.4 km²

Density

16,283 people per km²

Households

78,098

Under 15

10.8%

65 and over

28.8%

Foreign residents

3,384 (2.2%)

Code

27120 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/sumiyoshi

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Abeno Ward阿倍野区
• Higashisumiyoshi Ward東住吉区
• Nishinari Ward西成区
• Suminoe Ward住之江区
• Sakai Ward堺区(Sakai)
• Kita Ward北区(Sakai)

Questions about Sumiyoshi

Is Sumiyoshi a city?

Sumiyoshi (住吉区) 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 Sumiyoshi?

Sumiyoshi 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 Sumiyoshi?

153,056 at the 2020 census, down 0.8% from 154,239 in 2015. The area is 9.4 km², which is 16,283 people per km². 78,098 households. 28.8% of residents are 65 or older and 10.8% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Sumiyoshi?

Six: Abeno Ward (阿倍野区), Higashisumiyoshi Ward (東住吉区), Nishinari Ward (西成区), Suminoe Ward (住之江区), Sakai Ward (堺区) of Sakai, and Kita Ward (北区) of Sakai. These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Sumiyoshi in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Sumiyoshi written in Japanese?

住吉区, read Sumiyoshi-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 Sumiyoshi begin?

大阪府大阪市住吉区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Sumiyoshi-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.