Osaka Prefectur

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
Prefectur
Japanese transcription(s)
• Japanese	大阪府
• Rōmaji	Ōsaka-fu
Seembol
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.pref.osaka.jp/en

Geography

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]

Ceeties

Cairt o Osaka Prefectur.

Osaka Pref. Heid Office

Thirty-three ceeties are locatit in Osaka Prefectur:

Daitō Fujiidera Habikino Hannan Higashiōsaka Hirakata Ibaraki Ikeda Izumi Izumiōtsu Izumisano

Kadoma Kaizuka Kashiwara Katano Kawachinagano Kishiwada Matsubara Minoh Moriguchi Neyagawa Osaka (caipital)

Ōsakasayama Sakai Sennan Settsu Shijōnawate Suita Takaishi Takatsuki Tondabayashi Toyonaka Yao

Touns an veelages

Thir are the touns an veelages in each destrict.

Minamikawachi Destrict Chihayaakasaka Kanan Taishi Mishima Destrict Shimamoto

Senboku Destrict Tadaoka Sennan Destrict Kumatori Misaki Tajiri

Toyono Destrict Nose Toyono

Mergers

Main airticle: Leet o mergers in Osaka Prefectur

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Osaka-fu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 759 at Google Books; "Kansai" in p. 477 at Google Books.
2. Nussbaum, "Osaka" in p. 759 at Google Books.
3. "平成１０年全国都道府県市区町村の面積の公表について(Official announcement on the national territory and area of 1998, by prefectures, cities, districts, towns and villages)" Archived 2003-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, Geographical Survey Institute, Government of Japan, January 29, 1999.
4. "コラム Vol.017 全国都道府県市区町村面積調 (Column: "National Area Investigation" vol.017)" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Alps Mapping K.K., March 8, 2001.
5. "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 2 Februar 2012.
6. "Hannan-Misaki Prefectural Natural Park". Ōsaka Prefecture. Archived frae the original on 16 Januar 2012. Retrieved 2 Februar 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Osaka prefecture.

• Official Osaka Prefecture homepage Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Osaka Tourism & Convention Guidance homepage Archived 2003-04-16 at the Wayback Machine