prefectur locatit in the Kansai region, Honshū, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osaka Prefectur (大阪府 Ōsaka-fu) is a prefectur locatit in the Kansai region on Honshu, the main island o Japan.[1] The caipital is the ceety o Osaka. It is the centre o Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto aurie.[2]
Osaka Prefecture 大阪府 | |
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Japanese transcription(s) | |
• Japanese | 大阪府 |
• Rōmaji | Ōsaka-fu |
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Coordinates: 34°41′11″N 135°31′12″E | |
Kintra | Japan |
Region | Kansai |
Island | Honshu |
Caipital | Osaka |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Ichiro Matsui |
Area | |
• Total | 1899.28 km2 (733.32 sq mi) |
Area rank | 46t |
Population (1 Januar 2012) | |
• Total | 8,864,228 |
• Rank | 3rd |
• Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
ISO 3166 code | JP-27 |
Destricts | 5 |
Municipalities | 43 |
Flouer | Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) Primrose (Primula sieboldii) |
Tree | Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) |
Bird | Bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) |
Website | www |
Osaka Prefectur neighbors the prefecturs o Hyōgo an Kyoto in the north, Nara in the east an Wakayama in the sooth. The wast is open tae Osaka Bay. The Yodo an Yamato Rivers flow throu the prefectur.
Prior tae the construction o Kansai Internaitional Airport, Osaka wis the smawest prefectur in Japan. The airtificial island on which the airport wis biggit addit enough aurie tae mak it slichtly lairger than Kagawa Prefectur.[3][4]
As o 31 Mairch 2008, 10% o the tot land aurie o the prefectur wis designatit as Natural Pairks, namely Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-Naitional Pairk, Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-Naitional Pairk, an Hokusetsu Prefectural Natural Pairk.[5] In Julie 2011 a further aurie wis designatit for pertection as the Hannan-Misaki Prefectural Natural Pairk.[6]
Thirty-three ceeties are locatit in Osaka Prefectur:
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Thir are the touns an veelages in each destrict.
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