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 / 34.68639°N 135.52000°E | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Island | Honshu |
| Capital | Osaka |
| Subdivisions | Districts: 5, Municipalities: 43 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Hirofumi Yoshimura |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,905.14 km2 (735.58 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 46th |
| Population (1 July 2019) | |
| • Total | 8,823,358 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | JP¥ 41,188 billion US$ 377.9 billion (2019) |
| ISO 3166 code | JP-27 |
| Website | www |
| Symbols of Japan | |
| Bird | Bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) |
| Flower | Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) Primrose (Primula sieboldii) |
| Tree | Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) |
Osaka Prefecture (大阪府, Ōsaka-fu, pronounced [oːsaka ɸɯ]) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.[2] Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 (as of 1 April 2022[update]) and has a geographic area of 1,905 square kilometres (736 sq mi). Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara Prefecture to the southeast, and Wakayama Prefecture to the south.
Osaka is the capital and largest city of Osaka Prefecture, and the third-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Sakai, Higashiōsaka, and Hirakata.[3] Osaka Prefecture is located on the western coast of the Kii Peninsula, forming the western is open to Osaka Bay. Osaka Prefecture is the third-most-populous prefecture, but by geographic area the second-smallest; at 4,600 inhabitants per square kilometre (12,000/sq mi) it is the second-most densely populated, below only Tokyo. Osaka Prefecture is one of Japan's two "urban prefectures" using the designation fu (府) rather than the standard ken for prefectures, along with Kyoto Prefecture. Osaka Prefecture forms the center of the Keihanshin metropolitan area, the second-most-populated urban region in Japan after the Greater Tokyo area and one of the world's most productive regions by GDP.
- ^ "2020年度国民経済計算（2015年基準・2008SNA） : 経済社会総合研究所 - 内閣府". 内閣府ホームページ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Osaka-fu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 759, p. 759, at Google Books; "Kansai" in p. 477, p. 477, at Google Books
- ^ Nussbaum, "Osaka" in p. 759, p. 759, at Google Books