Sakai

Sakai
Sakai; 堺
	Designatit ceety
	堺市 · Sakai City
	Frae top left: Daisen kofun, Auld Sakai Lichthoose, Ruins o Rikyu's hoose, Ōtori taisha, Myōkoku-ji, Skyline wi Daisen kofun in the centre
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	Location of Sakai in Osaka
	Coordinates: 34°34′24″N 135°28′59″E / 34.57333°N 135.48306°ECoordinates: 34°34′24″N 135°28′59″E / 34.57333°N 135.48306°E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefectur	Osaka
Govrenment
• Mayor	Osami Takeyama
Area
• Total	149.99 km2 (57.91 sq mi)
Population (1 August 2011)
• Total	842,760
• Density	5,600/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Willae
• Flouer	Iris
• Bird	Shrike
• Flouerin tree	Tsutsuji
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address	3-1 Minami-Kawaramachi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu; 590-0078
Website	Ceety o Sakai

Sakai (堺市, Sakai-shi) is a ceety in Osaka Prefectur, Japan. It haes been ane o the lairgest an maist important seaports o Japan syne the Medieval era.

Follaein the Februar 2005 annexation o the toun o Mihara, frae Minamikawachi Destrict, the ceety haes grown further an is nou the fowerteent maist populous ceety in Japan,^[2] wi 833,414 residents as o 2007-05-01.^[3]

The current ceety wis legally foondit on 1 Aprile 1889 accordin tae the laws o Imperial Japan. Sakai became a designatit ceety in Aprile 2006^[4] givin it a greater measur o sel-determination in govrenmental affairs. It is dividit intae seiven destricts.

Sakai is kent for its keyhole-shapit burial moonds, or kofun, which date frae the 5t century. The lairgest o these, Daisen Kofun, is believit tae be the grave o the Emperor Nintoku an is the lairgest grave in the warld bi aurie. Ance kent for samurai swords, Sakai is nou famous for the quality o its kitchen knives; maist heich-quality Japanese cutlery oreeginates in Sakai, an its production is a major industrie in the ceety.

Wairds

Sakai haes seiven wairds (ku):

A map o Sakai's Wairds
Sakai Ceety Haw

Varsities

Sister an friendship ceeties

Berkeley, Californie, Unitit States—1967
Lianyungang, Jiangsu, Cheenae—1983
Tanegashima, Kagoshima, Japan—1986
Higashiyoshino, Nara, Japan—1986
Wellington, New Zealand—1994

See an aw

References

↑ Sakai official English name
↑ Sakai City profile Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2007-03-13. Note that awtho the reference refers tae Sakai as the fowerteent-lairgest ceety in Japan, this reference excludes Tokyo.
↑ Sakai City Department of Planning, Head of Statistical Research (堺市企画部調査統計担当, Kikakubu Chōsa Tōkei Tantō). Published 2007-05-21.
↑ "Tokyo pollsters in the money", Yomiuri Shimbun, 2007-02-17. Accessed 2007-03-13.

Freemit airtins

Sakai offeecial wabsteid (in Japanese)

[1] Sakai official English name

[2] Sakai City profile Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2007-03-13. Note that awtho the reference refers tae Sakai as the fowerteent-lairgest ceety in Japan, this reference excludes Tokyo.

[3] Sakai City Department of Planning, Head of Statistical Research (堺市企画部調査統計担当, Kikakubu Chōsa Tōkei Tantō). Published 2007-05-21.

[4] "Tokyo pollsters in the money", Yomiuri Shimbun, 2007-02-17. Accessed 2007-03-13.

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