Sakai-ku

Sakai-ku is a ward of the city of Sakai in , Japan. The ward has an area of 23.69 km2 and a population of 147,413. The population density is 6,223 per square kilometer.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 148,000 residents
  • Description: ward of Japan
  • Also known as: “Sakai Ward” and “Sakai-ku, Sakai”

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
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Station is a passenger railway station located in Sakai-ku, , , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway. It has the station number "NK11".

Railway station
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Station is a passenger railway station located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nankai Electric Railway.It has the station number "NK12".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sumiyoshi-ku and Suminoe-ku.

Suburb
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is one of 24 wards of , . It is located on the southern part of the Uemachi Plateau, in the southernmost part of Osaka City, and is separated from Sakai City's Sakai-ku and Kita-ku by the Yamato River. is situated 4 km northeast of Sakai-ku.

Suburb
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is one of 24 wards of , Japan, stretching along the south-west border of the city. It borders the wards of , Taisho-ku and to the north, and to the east. is situated 3½ km north of Sakai-ku.

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 4½ km east of Sakai-ku.

Sakai-ku

Latitude
34.5812° or 34° 34′ 52″ north
Longitude
135.4697° or 135° 28′ 11″ east
Population
148,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QHFJ9+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 551364931
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7391696
Wiki­data ID
Q1042008
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Sakai-ku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Sakai (districte)”
  • Catalan: “Sakai”
  • Cebuano: “Sakai Ku”
  • Chinese: “堺区”
  • Chinese: “堺區”
  • French: “arrondissement de Sakai”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Sakai”
  • French: “Sakai-ku”
  • German: “Sakai-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Szakai-ku”
  • Irish: “Sakai-ku”
  • Italian: “Sakai-ku”
  • Japanese: “Sakai-ku”
  • Japanese: “さかいく”
  • Japanese: “サカイク”
  • Japanese: “堺区”
  • Japanese: “堺市堺区”
  • Korean: “사카이구”
  • Persian: “ساکای-کو، ساکای”
  • Persian: “ساکای-کو”
  • Spanish: “Sakai-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตซาไก”
  • Turkish: “Sakai, Sakai”
  • Venetian: “Sakai-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Sakai-ku”
  • Yue Chinese: “堺區”

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