Osaka
Designated city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also known as Osaka City · Ōsaka City
- Country
- Located in
- Osaka Prefecture(since 1868)
- Population
- 2,751,862(March 1, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.“大阪府/大阪府の毎月推計人口”pref.osaka.jp/toukei/jinkou/index.htmlRetrieved 2021-04-02
- , 2,691,185(2015)
1
Sources- 1.“System of Social and Demographic Statistics of Japan - Total population (Both sexes)”e-stat.go.jp/en/regional-statistics/ssdsview/municipalityRetrieved 2019-03-17
- , 2,685,481(2014)
- +1 more
- 2,751,862(March 1, 2021)
- Area
- 223 km²
- Elevation
- 20 m
- Head of government
- Hideyuki Yokoyama(since 2023)
- Founded
- April 1, 1889
- , 15th century
2
- , 5th century
- Postal code
- 530-0001
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
261 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Official name
- 大阪市
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Sources- 1.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=6000020271004Retrieved 2023-11-27
- Osaka City
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Sources- 1.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/en/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=6000020271004Retrieved 2023-11-27
- 大阪市
- Native label
- 大阪市 name in kana: おおさかし · revised hepburn romanization: Ōsaka-shi · script: kanji
- おおさかし script: hiragana
- Ōsaka-shi script: Latin script
- Capital of
- Osaka Prefecture(since 1868)
- Twinned administrative body
- São Paulo(since 1985)
- City of Melbourne(since 1978)
- Saint Petersburg(since 1961)
- Milan(since 1981)
- Chicago
- Hamburg(since 1989)
- Shanghai(since 1974)
- Budapest
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- Buenos Aires
- Manila
- Aksaray
- Dubai
- Guadalajara
- Greater Manchester(since 2025)
- Demonym
- Osakien applies to part: masculine singular
- Osakienne applies to part: feminine singular
- Osakan
- Anthem
- Osaka City Anthem(since 1921)
- Ōsaka shi no Uta(since 1903)
- Pseudonym
- 水の都 name in kana: みずのみやこ · revised hepburn romanization: mizu no miyako
- 天下の台所 name in kana: てんかのだいどころ · revised hepburn romanization: tenka no daidokoro
- 東洋のマンチェスター name in kana: とうようのまんちぇすたー · revised hepburn romanization: Tōyō no Manchestā · literal translation: Oriental Manchester
- Associated electoral district
- Osaka 1st district(since 1994)
- Osaka 2nd district(since 1994)
- Osaka 3rd district(since 1994)
- Osaka 4th district(since 1994)
- Osaka 5th district(since 1994)
- Osaka 6th district(since 1994)
- Significant event
- Rebellion of Ōshio Heihachirō(1837)
- Great Fire of Kyōhō(1724)
- Siege of Osaka(1614)
- Name in kana
- おおさかし applies to part: modern kana usage · reason for preferred rank: most recent value
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- おおさかし applies to part: modern kana usage · reason for preferred rank: most recent value
- Transliteration or transcription
- Ōsaka-shi reason for preferred rank: reversibility, default
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Sources- 1.Stated in BS 4812:1972
- 2.Stated in ALA-LC romanization of JapaneseRetrieved 2025-09-14
- 3.Stated in The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
- 4.Stated in The Oxford Style Manual (1st edition)
- 5.Stated in Q135922169Retrieved 2025-09-14
- 6.Stated in Cabinet Notice on the Romanization of Japanese (December 22, 2025)Retrieved 2025-12-22
- Oosaka-shi
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Sources- 1.Stated in Cabinet Notice on the Romanization of Japanese (December 22, 2025)Retrieved 2026-05-07
- Ōsaka-shi reason for preferred rank: reversibility, default
On other databases
109 identifiers linking Osaka across the web's reference databases
- App Store developer ID1402406478
- Apple Maps "auid" identifier1557096496532046596
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID1422
- ArchINFORM location ID1189
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineosaka
- Babelio subject ID88858
- BabelNet ID00059622n
- BBC News topic IDcmvvqmdzk50t
- BBC Things ID8a372ea6-f817-4fe4-80fd-fde045330ffd
- BHCL UUID51e47692-8872-41e6-979d-f41a1165f8e6
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID15283394k
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDosaka
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12012659
- CiNii Research ID1140000791678617984
- Corporate Number (Japan)6000020271004
- Dantai code271004
- De Agostini IDŌsaka+(città)
- DR topic IDosaka
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Osaka-Japan
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDosaka
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)12E5J8
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)322639
- Facebook location ID108206999203128
- FactGrid item IDQ540147
- FAST ID1207884
- Freebase ID/m/0dqyw
- GamesIndustry.biz tag IDtopics/osaka
- GayCities IDosaka
- GeoLOD IDC02ELl
- GeoNames ID1853909
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)dRMhUV
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004756
- GitHub topicosaka
- GND ID4043961-6
- GNS Unique Feature ID-240917
- Google Maps Customer ID14221172930375200743
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNR1J4ZVhjU0FtcGhLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDosaka-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0047839
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDOsaka
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)2695852
- Grove Art Online IDT064043
- Gynopedia IDOsaka
- Harper's tagosaka
- HASCJP.OS.OS
- HelveticArchives ID40439615
- IdRef ID027238202
- INaturalist place ID34621
- Instagram location ID413563067
- Interlingual Index IDi83613
- ISNI0000000406162721
- J9U entity ID987007561931405171
- Japan Search name ID大阪市
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID6316
- Larousse IDville/Osaka/136409
- Lex IDOsaka
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80022951
- Libris-URI97mpnl6t3rp3vj6
- Mapy.com IDosm&id=13206724
- Münzkabinett IDlocation/1585
- Museum-digital place ID11064
- MusicBrainz area ID30bcaa92-9870-4798-be1a-4e0036755316
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA00489840
- Namuwiki ID오사카시
- National Library of Greece ID223272
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000978531
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:BydU;=CE
- National Library of Portugal ID164430
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX5747781
- Naver Encyclopedia ID (pre-August 2026)1128227
- NDL Authority ID00257146
- NE.se IDosaka
- NicoNicoPedia word article ID大阪市
- NL CR AUT IDge283684
- NSK (VIAF) ID000646694
- NSK ID981005694224909366
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning1211671
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3952122
- OpenStreetMap relation ID358674
- OpenWeatherMap city ID1853909
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDcityofosaka-957678
- Pixiv Encyclopedia ID大阪市
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID40020
- Quora topic IDOsaka-Japan
- Ringgold ID88406
- SELIBR ID156055
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) IDvtls003062525
- SNARC IDQ45381
- SPAP IDp/94d41e3f-1954-4a45-8721-f8fde6fee685
- Subredditosaka
