Takatsuki高槻市
Takatsuki-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Takatsuki (高槻市, Takatsuki-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture. Population 352,698 (2020 census), area 105.29 km². Borders 7 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.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 高槻市
- Reading
- Takatsuki-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Osaka 大阪府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 352,698 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- +0.2% from 351,829
- Area
- 105.29 km²
- Density
- 3,350 people per km²
- Households
- 152,869
- Under 15
- 12.2%
- 65 and over
- 29.6%
- Foreign residents
- 3,391 (1.0%)
- Code
- 27207 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.takatsuki.osaka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Takatsuki. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Takatsuki
- Is Takatsuki a city or a prefecture?
- Takatsuki (高槻市) 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 Takatsuki?
- Takatsuki 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 Takatsuki?
- 352,698 at the 2020 census, up 0.2% from 351,829 in 2015. The area is 105.29 km², which is 3,350 people per km². 152,869 households. 29.6% of residents are 65 or older and 12.2% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Takatsuki?
- Seven: Nishikyo Ward (西京区) of Kyoto in Kyoto, Kameoka City (亀岡市) in Kyoto, Hirakata City (枚方市), Ibaraki City (茨木市), Neyagawa City (寝屋川市), Settsu City (摂津市), and Shimamoto Town (島本町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Takatsuki in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Takatsuki written in Japanese?
- 高槻市, read Takatsuki-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 Takatsuki begin?
- 大阪府高槻市… (Ōsaka-fu, Takatsuki-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.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.