Yao八尾市
Yao-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Yao (八尾市, Yao-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture. Population 264,642 (2020 census), area 41.72 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
- 八尾市
- Reading
- Yao-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Osaka 大阪府
- Region
- Kansai / Kinki 関西・近畿
- Population
- 264,642 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -1.5% from 268,800
- Area
- 41.72 km²
- Density
- 6,343 people per km²
- Households
- 114,265
- Under 15
- 12.1%
- 65 and over
- 29.0%
- Foreign residents
- 7,632 (2.9%)
- Code
- 27212 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.yao.osaka.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
7 places share a land border with Yao. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Yao
- Is Yao a city or a prefecture?
- Yao (八尾市) 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 Yao?
- Yao 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 Yao?
- 264,642 at the 2020 census, down 1.5% from 268,800 in 2015. The area is 41.72 km², which is 6,343 people per km². 114,265 households. 29.0% of residents are 65 or older and 12.1% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Yao?
- Seven: Hirano Ward (平野区) of Osaka, Matsubara City (松原市), Kashiwara City (柏原市), Fujiidera City (藤井寺市), Higashiosaka City (東大阪市), Heguri Town (平群町) in Nara, and Sango Town (三郷町) in Nara. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yao in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Yao written in Japanese?
- 八尾市, read Yao-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 Yao begin?
- 大阪府八尾市… (Ōsaka-fu, Yao-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.