Sakai

Sakai is a locality in , , and has about 826,000 residents.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Daisen Kofun and Sakai.

Archaeological site
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
The Mozu Kofun Group is a group of kofun—megalithic tombs—in Sakai, , . Originally consisting of more than 100 tombs, fewer than 50% of the key-hole, round, and rectangular tombs remain.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Station is a passenger railway station located in , , , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK11".

Railway station
Photo: のねをつほ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station on the Nankō Port Town Line in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hirano and South Osaka.

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Hirano-ku is one of 24 wards which make up the city of , and is located in the southeast of the city. It is the largest Osaka ward in population and the only ward to have over 200,000 residents.

Photo: Halowand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
covers the southern wards of : Nishinari, Abeno, Ikuno and Sumiyoshi. For the central Minami area, see ; for the northern parts of Abeno near Tennoji station, see ; for Hirano which was originally independent city from Osaka, see .

Photo: Kanchi1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tennōji is one of 24 wards of , . It is named after the , the temple of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is located in the ward.

Sakai

Latitude
34.5822° or 34° 34′ 56″ north
Longitude
135.4665° or 135° 27′ 60″ east
Population
826,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP SAK
Open location code
8Q6QHFJ8+VJ
Geo­Names ID
1853195
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Satellite Map

Discover Sakai from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Sakai” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “堺市”
  • Dutch: “Sakai”
  • Esperanto: “Sakai”
  • French: “Sakai”
  • German: “Sakai”
  • Indonesian: “Sakai”
  • Japanese: “堺”
  • Japanese: “堺市”
  • Korean: “사카이 시”
  • Latin: “Sacaia”
  • Latin: “Sacaium”
  • Polish: “Sakai”
  • Portuguese: “Sakai”
  • Russian: “Сакаи”
  • Spanish: “Sakai”

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