Osaka
| Osaka 大阪 |
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| — Designatit ceety — | |
| 大阪市 · Osaka Ceety | |
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  Osaka
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| Coordinates: 34°41′38″N 135°30′8″E / 34.69389°N 135.50222°E | |
| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Prefectur | Osaka |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Toru Hashimoto in offece syne 19 December 2011 |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 223.00 km2 (86.1 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (1 Januar 2012) | |
| - Tot | 2,671,680 |
| - Densitie | 11,980.6/km2 (31,029.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Japan Staundart Time (UTC+9) |
| Ceety Seembols | |
| - Tree | Sakura |
| - Flower | Pansy |
| Phone number | 06-6208-8181 |
| Address | 1-3-20 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka-fu 530-8201 |
| Wabsteid | Osaka Official Website |
Osaka (大阪, Ōsaka) is a ceety in the Kansai region o Japan's main island o Honshū, the designatit ceety under the Local Autonomy Law, the caipital ceety o Osaka Prefectur an an' a' the hert o Greater Osaka Aurie. Locatit at the mouth o the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, Osaka is the third lairgest ceety bi population efter Tokyo an Yokohama.
For reference, Greater Osaka Aurie is the seicont lairgest aurie in Japan bi population an ane o the lairgest metropolitan aurie heichlie ranked in the warld, with nearly 18 million fowk, an bi GDP, the seicont lairgest aurie in Japan an the seivent lairgest aurie in the warld.
Historically the commercial caipital o Japan, Osaka functions as ane o the command centers for the Japanese economy. The ratio atween daytime an nicht time population is 141%, the heichest in Japan, hiehlichtin its status as an economic center. Its nichttime population is 2.6 million, the third in the kintra, but in daytime the population surges tae 3.7 million, seicont anerlie efter Tokyo. Osaka haes traditionally been referred tae as the "naition's kitchen" (天下の台所 tenka no daidokoro), or the Mecca o gourmet fuid.
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Derivation o name [edit]
"Osaka" leeterally means "lairge hill" or "lairge slope." It is unclear when this name gained prominence ower Naniwa, but the auldest uisage o the name dates back tae a 1496 text. Osaka, nou written 大阪, wis umwhile written uisin a different seicont kanji as 大坂 prior tae 1870. At the time, the pairtisans for the Meiji Restoration wished tae avoid the seicont kanji being implicitly read as "士反," meanin samurai rebellion. The auld writin is still in vera limitit uise tae emphasize history, but the seicont kanji 阪 is nou universally considered referrin tae Osaka ceety an prefectur anerlie, tae distinguish it frae homonyms in ither Japanese prefecturs.
Ceetyscape [edit]
Neighborhuids [edit]
Central Osaka is aften dividit intae twa auries referred tae as Kita (キタ, lit. north) an Minami (ミナミ, lit. sooth), at either end o the major thoroughfare Midōsuji.[1] Kita is roughly the aurie surroondin the business an retail destrict o Umeda. Minami is hame tae the Namba, Shinsaibashi, an Dōtonbori shoppin destricts. The entertainment destrict aroond Dōtonbori Brig wi its famous giant mechanical crab, Triangle Park, an Amerikamura ("Americae Veelage") is in Minami. In Yodoyabashi an Honmachi, atween Kita an Minami, is the traditional business aurie whaur courts an naitional/regional heidquarters o major banks are locatit. The newer business aurie is in the Osaka Business Pairk locatit nearbi Osaka Castle. Business destricts hae an aa formed aroond the seicontary rail termini, such as Tennoji Station an Kyobashi Station.
“The 808 brigs o Naniwa” wis an expression in auld Japan for awe an wonder, an adage kent athort the land. “808” wis a lairge number which seembolized the idea o “uncountable”. In the Edo period there wur anerlie aboot 200 bridges. Syne Osaka is crossed bi a number o rivers an canals, mony brigs wur built wi specific names, an the auries surroondin the brigs wur aften referred tae bi the names o the brigs, too. Some o the waterways, such as the Nagahori canal, hae been filled in, while ithers still remain.[2] In 1925 there wur actually 1629 brigs in Osaka but wi the fillin in o canals an rivers, as of Aprile 2003, the number haes dropped tae 872, 760 o which are currently managed bi Osaka Ceety.[3]
Wards [edit]
Osaka haes 24 wards (ku):
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Internaitional relations [edit]
Twin touns — Sister ceeties [edit]
Osaka haes twin touns an sister ceeties aroond the warld:[4]
| Date | Sister Ceety[5] | |
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| 1957 |  |
San Francisco, Unitit States |
| 1969 |  |
São Paulo, Brazil[6][7] |
| 1973 | |
Chicago, United States |
| 1998 |  |
Kanpur, Indie |
| 1974 |  |
Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| 1974 |  |
Melbourne, Australie |
| 1979 |  |
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie[8] |
| 1981 |  |
Milan, Italy[9] |
| 1989 |  |
Hamburg, Germany |
| Date | Friendship an Cooperation Ceety[10] | |
| 1998 |  |
Buenos Aires, Argentinae |
| 1998 |  |
Budapest, Hungary[11] |
| 2008 |  |
Busan, Sooth Korea[12] |
Business Pairtner Ceeties [edit]
Osaka's business pairtnerships are:[13]
References [edit]
- ↑ Dodd, Jan, Simon Richmond (2001). The Rough Guide to Japan. Rough Guides.
- ↑ More About Osaka, Osaka City Government
- ↑ Eiichi Watanabe, Dan M. Frangopol, Tomoaki Utsunomiya (2004). Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management and Cost: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management. Kyoto, Japan: Taylor & Francis.
- ↑ Osaka and the World, the official website of the Osaka city. Retrieved on 5 August 2009. .[deid airtin]
- ↑ Sister Cities, the official website of the Osaka city. Retrieved on 5 August 2009. .[deid airtin]
- ↑ Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation[deid airtin]
- ↑ International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities. Prefeitura.sp.gov.br. Retrieved on 5 Mey 2010. .
- ↑ Saint Petersburg in figures - International and Interregional Ties. Saint Petersburg City Government. Retrieved on 14 Julie 2008. .
- ↑ Milano - Città Gemellate. © 2008 Municipality of Milan (Comune di Milano). Retrieved on 17 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Friendship and Cooperation Cities, the official website of the Osaka city. Retrieved on 5 August 2009. .[deid airtin]
- ↑ Sister cities of Budapest (Hungarian). Official Website of Budapest. Retrieved on 1 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ 大阪市市政 友好協力都市（釜山広域市）(Busan (Friendship Cooperation City), the official website of the Osaka city). Retrieved on 5 August 2009. .
- ↑ Business Partner Cities (BPC), the official website of the Osaka city. Retrieved on 5 August 2009. .
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