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  Name Osaka
  JapaneseName &#22823&#38442&#24220 ''&#332saka-fu''
  Symbol PrefSymbol-Osakapng
  Capital Osaka (city)
  Region Kinki
  Island Honshu
  TotalArea 1,89286
  AreaRank 46<sup>th</sup>
  PCWater 179
  PopDate October 1 , 2000
  Population 8,815,757
  PopRank 2<sup>nd</sup>
  Density 4,657
  Districts 5
  Municipalities 43
  ISOCode JP-27
  Flower Primrose ('' Primula sieboldii'')
  Tree Ginkgo tree (''Ginkgo biloba'')
  Bird Bull-headed Shrike (''Lanius bucephalus'')
  Map Japan_osaka_map_smallpng
  Website wwwprefosakajp/en/


is part of the Kinki region on Honshu Island , Japan . The capital is the city of Osaka .


HISTORY





GEOGRAPHY


Cities

33 cities are located on Osaka Prefecture.


Towns and villages


These are the towns and villages in each District .


Mergers

(as of 12/26/05)



ECONOMY

  • Gross prefectural product: ¥40.9 Trillion

  • Annual industrial output: ¥17.2 trillion

  • Annual retail sales: ¥76.6 trillion


Major companies based in Osaka Prefecture include Hankyu , Kintetsu , Matsushita , Sharp , Sanyo , Nissin and Glico .


TRANSPORTATION



DEMOGRAPHICS


The population of Osaka Prefecture taken during the 2000 National Census is 8,804,806, or about seven percent of the total population of Japan, ranking second after Tokyo Prefecture .


CULTURE


Universities in Osaka Prefecture



TOURISM

Osaka-fu has three Airport s ( Kansai International Airport , Osaka International Airport , and Yao Airport ).


PREFECTURAL SYMBOLS

The symbol of Osaka Prefecture, called the ''sennari byōtan'' or "thousand gourds," was originally the crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi , the feudal lord of Osaka Castle .


MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS


  • Until the reclamation of the Kansai International Airport island, Osaka was the smallest prefecture by area; it is now merely the second-smallest.


  • Osaka is the only unlandlocked prefecture that does not have any natural islands.


  • In 2000, Osaka became the first prefecture in Japan to elect a woman governor.



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