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Hirano-ku

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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 197,000 residents
  • Description: ward of Osaka, Japan
  • Also known as: “Hirano Ward” and “Hirano-ku, Osaka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yata and Kami.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station on Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line in , , , .

Railway station
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Station is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company Yamatoji Line in Hirano-ku, , , . However, there is no connection with on the Osaka Higashi Line.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company Osaka Higashi Line in Hirano-ku, , . The station is not treated as "a station in Osaka City " for JR tickets.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Osaka and Yao.

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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 .

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is a city located in , . As of 31 January 2022, the city had an estimated population of 263,436 in 126,509 households and a population density of 6300 persons per km2.

Suburb
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is one of 24 wards of , .

Hirano-ku

Latitude
34.6037° or 34° 36′ 13″ north
Longitude
135.559° or 135° 33′ 33″ east
Population
197,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QJH35+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 551365676
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7391702
Wiki­data ID
Q861256
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hirano-ku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيرانو-كو”
  • Catalan: “Hirano-ku”
  • Catalan: “Hirano”
  • Cebuano: “Hirano Ku”
  • Chinese: “平野区”
  • Chinese: “平野區”
  • Dutch: “Hirano-ku”
  • Esperanto: “Hirano-ku”
  • Esperanto: “kvartalo Hirano”
  • Esperanto: “Kvartalo Hirano”
  • Finnish: “Hirano-ku”
  • French: “Hirano-ku”
  • German: “Hirano-ku”
  • Hungarian: “Hirano-ku”
  • Irish: “Hirano-ku”
  • Italian: “Hirano-ku”
  • Japanese: “Hirano-ku”
  • Japanese: “ひらのく”
  • Japanese: “ヒラノク”
  • Japanese: “大阪市平野区”
  • Japanese: “平野区”
  • Korean: “히라노구”
  • Persian: “هیرانو، اوساکا”
  • Persian: “هیرانو”
  • Polish: “Hirano”
  • Portuguese: “Hirano-ku”
  • Russian: “Хирано-ку”
  • Scots: “Hirano-ku, Osaka”
  • Scots: “Hirano-ku”
  • Spanish: “Hirano-ku”
  • Thai: “เขตฮิราโนะ”
  • Turkish: “Hirano”
  • Venetian: “Hirano-ku”
  • Vietnamese: “Hirano-ku”
  • Yue Chinese: “平野區”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 瓜破霊園 and Hirano Uriwarihigashi Pos Office.

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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 “Hirano-ku”. Photo: Gohachiyasu1214, CC BY-SA 4.0.