Suita吹田市

Suita-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.

Suita (吹田市, Suita-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture. Population 385,567 (2020 census), area 36.09 km². Borders 6 places.

A city (市 / shi) in Osaka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.

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Facts

Japanese name

吹田市

Reading

Suita-shi

Kind

City (市): a local government

Prefecture

Osaka 大阪府

Region

Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿

Population

385,567 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+3.0% from 374,468

Area

36.09 km²

Density

10,683 people per km²

Households

180,099

Under 15

13.5%

65 and over

23.8%

Foreign residents

5,552 (1.4%)

Code

27205 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.city.suita.osaka.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

6 places share a land border with Suita. Borders across water are not counted.

• Higashiyodogawa Ward東淀川区(Osaka)
• Yodogawa Ward淀川区(Osaka)
• Toyonaka City豊中市
• Ibaraki City茨木市
• Mino City箕面市
• Settsu City摂津市

Questions about Suita

Is Suita a city or a prefecture?

Suita (吹田市) is a city (市, shi) in Osaka Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.

Where is Suita?

Suita is 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 Suita?

385,567 at the 2020 census, up 3.0% from 374,468 in 2015. The area is 36.09 km², which is 10,683 people per km². 180,099 households. 23.8% of residents are 65 or older and 13.5% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Suita?

Six: Higashiyodogawa Ward (東淀川区) of Osaka, Yodogawa Ward (淀川区) of Osaka, Toyonaka City (豊中市), Ibaraki City (茨木市), Mino City (箕面市), and Settsu City (摂津市). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Suita in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Suita written in Japanese?

吹田市, read Suita-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Suita begin?

大阪府吹田市… (Ōsaka-fu, Suita-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.