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Higashi-ku is a ward of the city of Sakai in , Japan. The ward has an area of 10.48 km2 and a population of 85,263. The population density is 8,136 per square kilometer.
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  • Type: Suburb with 85,200 residents
  • Description: one of seven wards of the City of Sakai, Japan
  • Also known as: “Higashi Ku”, “Higashi Ward”, and “Higashi-ku, Sakai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hagiharatenjin Station and Kitanoda Station.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku, Sakai, , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK62".

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku, Sakai, , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK63".

Archaeological site
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The is a Kofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound, located in of the city of Sakai, Osaka in the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Osaka and Kita-ku.

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covers the southern wards of : Nishinari, Abeno, Ikuno, Sumiyoshi and Hirano. For the central Minami area, see ; for the northern parts of Abeno near Tennoji station, see .

Suburb
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is a ward of the city of Sakai in , . The ward has an area of 15.58 km2 and a population of 154,846. The population density is 9,945 per km2. is situated 3½ km northwest of Higashi-ku.

Suburb
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Naka-ku is a ward of the city of Sakai in , Japan. The ward has an area of 17.94 km2 and a population of 121,377. The population density is 6,766 per square kilometer. is situated 3½ km west of Higashi-ku.

Higashi-ku

Latitude
34.5382° or 34° 32′ 18″ north
Longitude
135.5365° or 135° 32′ 11″ east
Population
85,200
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QGGQP+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 551365393
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1862791
Wiki­data ID
Q1042014
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Higashi-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Higashi-ku”
  • Chinese: “东区”
  • Chinese: “東區”
  • French: “Higashi-ku”
  • German: “Higashi-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Higasi-ku”
  • Irish: “Higashi-ku”
  • Italian: “Higashi-ku (Sakai)”
  • Italian: “Higashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “Higashi-ku”
  • Japanese: “ひがしく”
  • Japanese: “ヒガシク”
  • Japanese: “堺市東区”
  • Japanese: “東区”
  • Korean: “히가시구”
  • Persian: “هیگاشی-کو، ساکای”
  • Persian: “هیگاشی-کو”
  • Spanish: “Higashi-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตฮิงาชิ”
  • Turkish: “Higashi, Sakai”
  • Venetian: “Higashi-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Higashi-ku”
  • Yue Chinese: “東區 (堺市)”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Higashi-ku”. Photo: 田英, Public domain.