Tennōji天王寺区

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

Tennōji (天王寺区, Tennōji-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 82,148 (2020 census), area 4.84 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

天王寺区

Reading

Tennōji-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

82,148 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+8.5% from 75,729

Area

4.84 km²

Density

16,973 people per km²

Households

42,163

Under 15

13.5%

65 and over

19.7%

Foreign residents

4,749 (5.8%)

Code

27109 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/tennoji

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Naniwa Ward浪速区
• Higashinari Ward東成区
• Ikuno Ward生野区
• Abeno Ward阿倍野区
• Nishinari Ward西成区
• Chūō Ward中央区

Questions about Tennōji

Is Tennōji a city?

Tennōji (天王寺区) 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 Tennōji?

Tennōji 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 Tennōji?

82,148 at the 2020 census, up 8.5% from 75,729 in 2015. The area is 4.84 km², which is 16,973 people per km². 42,163 households. 19.7% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Tennōji?

Six: Naniwa Ward (浪速区), Higashinari Ward (東成区), Ikuno Ward (生野区), Abeno Ward (阿倍野区), Nishinari Ward (西成区), and Chūō Ward (中央区). These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Tennōji in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Tennōji written in Japanese?

天王寺区, read Tennōji-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 Tennōji begin?

大阪府大阪市天王寺区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-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.