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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

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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Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities 2.2 Towns and villages 3 Economy 4 Transportation 5 Demographics 6 Culture 6.1 Universities in Osaka Prefecture 7 Tourism 8 Prefectural symbols 9 Miscellaneous topics 10 External links

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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

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

Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district.

• Minamikawachi District
  • Chihayaakasaka
  • Kanan
  • Mihara
  • Taishi
• Mishima District
  • Shimamoto
• Senboku District
  • Tadaoka
• Sennan District
  • Kumatori
  • Misaki
  • Tajiri
• Toyono District
  • Nose
  • Toyono

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

• Osaka University (Toyonaka and Suita)
• Osaka University of Foreign Studies (Minoo)
• Osaka Kyoiku University (Kashiwara)
• Osaka City University (Osaka city)
• Osaka Prefecture University (Sakai)
• Kansai University (Suita, Takatsuki, Osaka city)
• Kinki University (Higashiosaka)
• Kansai Gaidai University (Hirakata) (aka Kansai University of Foreign Studies)

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.

External links

• Official Osaka Prefecture homepage
• Osaka Tourism & Convention Guidance homepage

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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