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Osaka Prefecture (大阪府 Ōsaka-fu)
Map of Japan with Osaka highlighted
Capital Osaka (city)
Region Kinki
Island Honshu
Governor Fusae Ota
Area 1,892.86 km² (46th)
- % water 17.9%
Population (October 1, 2000)
- Population 8,815,757 (2nd)
- Density 4,657 /km²
Districts 5
Municipalities 44
ISO 3166-2 JP-27
Web site www.pref.osaka.jp/en/
Prefectural Symbols
- Flower Primrose (Primula sieboldii)
- Tree Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba)
- Bird Bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
Symbol of Osaka Prefecture
Symbol of Osaka Prefecture
Symbol of Osaka Prefecture

Ōsaka Prefecture (大阪府 Ōsaka-fu) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka

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History

Knock Yokoyama became governor of Osaka Prefecture in 1995 but resigned in 2000 following allegations of sexual harassment. He was replaced by Fusae Ota.

Geography

Cities

Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district.

Economy

  • Gross prefectural product: ¥40.9 trillion
  • Annual industrial output: ¥17.2 trillion
  • Annual retail sales: ¥76.6 trillion

Major companies based in Osaka Prefecture include Hankyu, Kintetsu, Matsushita, Sharp, Sanyo, Nissin and Glico

Transportation

Demographics

The population of Osaka Prefecture taken during the 2000 National Census is 8,804,806, or about seven percent of the total population of Japan, ranking second after Tokyo Prefecture.

Culture

Universities in Osaka Prefecture

Tourism

Osaka-fu has three airports (Kansai International Airport, Osaka International Airport, and Yao Airport).

Prefectural symbols

The symbol of Osaka Prefecture, called the sennari byōtan or "thousand gourds," was originally the crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the feudal lord of Osaka Castle.

Miscellaneous topics

  • Until the reclamation of the Kansai International Airport island, Osaka was the smallest prefecture by area; it is now merely the second-smallest.
  • Osaka is the only unlandlocked prefecture that does not have any natural islands.
  • In 2000, Osaka became the first prefecture in Japan to elect a woman governor.

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Osaka Prefecture Symbol of Osaka Prefecture
Symbol of Osaka Prefecture
Cities
Daito | Fujiidera | Habikino | Hannan | Higashiosaka | Hirakata | Ibaraki | Ikeda | Izumi | Izumiotsu | Izumisano | Kadoma | Kaizuka | Kashiwara | Katano | Kawachinagano | Kishiwada | Matsubara | Minoo | Moriguchi | Neyagawa | Osaka (capital) | Osakasayama | Sakai | Sennan | Settsu | Shijonawate | Suita | Takaishi | Takatsuki | Tondabayashi | Toyonaka | Yao
Districts
Minamikawachi | Mishima | Senboku | Sennan | Toyono
See also: Towns and villages by district
Prefectures of Japan
Aichi | Akita | Aomori | Chiba | Ehime | Fukui | Fukuoka | Fukushima | Gifu | Gunma | Hiroshima | Hokkaido | Hyogo | Ibaraki | Ishikawa | Iwate | Kagawa | Kagoshima | Kanagawa | Kochi | Kumamoto | Kyoto | Mie | Miyagi | Miyazaki | Nagano | Nagasaki | Nara | Niigata | Oita | Okayama | Okinawa | Osaka | Saga | Saitama | Shiga | Shimane | Shizuoka | Tochigi | Tokushima | Tokyo | Tottori | Toyama | Wakayama | Yamagata | Yamaguchi | Yamanashi
Regions of Japan
Hokkaido | Tohoku | Kantō | Chubu (Hokuriku - Koshinetsu - Tokai) | Kansai | Chugoku | Shikoku | Kyushu
Major Cities (Cities designated by government ordinance)
23 wards of Tokyo | Chiba | Fukuoka | Hiroshima | Kawasaki | Kitakyushu | Kobe | Kyoto | Nagoya | Osaka | Saitama | Sapporo | Sendai | Shizuoka | Yokohama

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