Yodogawa淀川区

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

Yodogawa (淀川区, Yodogawa-ku) is a ward of Osaka, in Osaka Prefecture. The ward is an office of the city, not a government. Population 183,444 (2020 census), area 12.64 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

淀川区

Reading

Yodogawa-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

183,444 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+4.1% from 176,201

Area

12.64 km²

Density

14,513 people per km²

Households

104,193

Under 15

9.8%

65 and over

22.8%

Foreign residents

7,341 (4.0%)

Code

27123 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.osaka.lg.jp/yodogawa

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring wards and municipalities

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

• Fukushima Ward福島区
• Nishiyodogawa Ward西淀川区
• Higashiyodogawa Ward東淀川区
• Kita Ward北区
• Toyonaka City豊中市
• Suita City吹田市
• Amagasaki City尼崎市(Hyōgo)

Questions about Yodogawa

Is Yodogawa a city?

Yodogawa (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 Yodogawa?

Yodogawa 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 Yodogawa?

183,444 at the 2020 census, up 4.1% from 176,201 in 2015. The area is 12.64 km², which is 14,513 people per km². 104,193 households. 22.8% of residents are 65 or older and 9.8% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yodogawa?

Seven: Fukushima Ward (福島区), Nishiyodogawa Ward (西淀川区), Higashiyodogawa Ward (東淀川区), Kita Ward (北区), Toyonaka City (豊中市), Suita City (吹田市), and Amagasaki City (尼崎市) in Hyōgo. These are the wards and municipalities that share a land border with Yodogawa in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yodogawa written in Japanese?

淀川区, read Yodogawa-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 Yodogawa begin?

大阪府大阪市淀川区… (Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Yodogawa-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.