Osaka 大阪府

Capital city

Ōsaka 大阪市

Region

Kansai

Main island

Honshū

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Population

8,837,685

Area km2 (sq mi)

1,905 (735)

Inhabitants per km2

4639

ISO 3366-2

JP-27

Post code

06x

Prefecture tree

Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba)

Prefecture blossom

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)

Prefecture brid

Bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)

Major cities

Osaka, Sakai, Higashiōsaka, Toyonaka, Hirakata, Suita, Takatsuki, Ibaraki, Yao, Neyagawa, Kishiwada, Izumi, Moriguchi, Minō, Kadoma, Daitō, Matsubara, Habikino, Tondabayashi, Ikeda, Kawachinagano, Izumisano

Neighboring prefectures

Kyōto, Nara, Wakayama, Hyōgo

Wikipedia extract

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture

Wikipedia image Ōsaka


663highland, Osaka Castle 03bs3200, CC BY-SA 3.0