Hirakata

Hirakata is a city in northeastern , . As of 31 December 2021, the city had an estimated population of 397,681 in 183075 households and a population density of 6100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 65.12 square kilometres.
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  • Type: City with 402,000 residents
  • Description: city in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Hirakata, Japan” and “Hirakata, Osaka
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Goten-yama Station and Hirakata Park.

Railway station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Hirakata, , , operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway.

Theme park
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Hirakata Park is an amusement park in Hirakata, Osaka, , nicknamed "Hirapah". The park is managed by Keihan Leisure Service and is located on the Keihan line at .

Railway station
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Hirakata, , , operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Takatsuki.

is a city in northeastern , near . The neighboring rural districts of Shimamoto and Oyamazaki, just across the border in Kyoto, are also covered here.

Hirakata

Latitude
34.8144° or 34° 48′ 52″ north
Longitude
135.6507° or 135° 39′ 3″ east
Population
402,000
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
JP HKA and JP HRK
Open location code
8Q6QRM72+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 551368349
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1862540
Wiki­data ID
Q270912
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Hirakata” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: هيراكاتا، أوساكا
  • Arabic: هيراكاتا
  • Armenian: Հիրակատա
  • Asturian: Hirakata
  • Azerbaijani: Hirakata
  • Basque: Hirakata
  • Belarusian: Хіраката
  • Bengali: হিরাকাটা
  • Bulgarian: Хираката
  • Catalan: Hirakata
  • Cebuano: Hirakata Shi
  • Chechen: Хираката
  • Chinese: Hirakata-chhī
  • Chinese: 枚方
  • Chinese: 枚方市
  • Czech: Hirakata-ši
  • Czech: Hirakata
  • Czech: 枚方
  • Czech: 枚方市
  • Danish: Hirakata
  • Dutch: Hirakata
  • Esperanto: Hirakata-shi
  • Esperanto: Hirakata-ŝi
  • Esperanto: Hirakata
  • Estonian: Hirakata
  • Finnish: Hirakata
  • French: Hirakata
  • Galician: Hirakata
  • German: Hirakata
  • Greek: Χιρακάτα
  • Gujarati: હિરાકાત
  • Hebrew: הירקאטה
  • Hindi: हिराकाता
  • Hungarian: Hirakata
  • Indonesian: Hirakata
  • Irish: Hirakata
  • Italian: Hirakata
  • Japanese: Hirakata-shi
  • Japanese: ひらかたし
  • Japanese: 枚方
  • Japanese: 枚方市
  • Japanese: 枚方町
  • Kannada: ಹಿರಾಕಟಾ
  • Korean: 히라카타 시
  • Korean: 히라카타시
  • Latvian: Hirakata
  • Literary Chinese: 枚方市
  • Lithuanian: Hirakata
  • Macedonian: Хираката
  • Malagasy: Hirakata
  • Malay: Hirakata, Osaka
  • Malay: Hirakata
  • Marathi: हिरकटा
  • Mazanderani: هیراکاتا، اوساکا
  • Mazanderani: هیراکاتا
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hirakata-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hirakata
  • Norwegian: Hirakata
  • Persian: هیراکاتا، اوساکا
  • Persian: هیراکاتا
  • Polish: Hirakata
  • Portuguese: Hirakata
  • Romanian: Hirakata
  • Russian: Хираката
  • Samogitian: Hirakata
  • Scots: Hirakata, Osaka
  • Scots: Hirakata
  • Serbian: Hirakata
  • Serbian: Хираката
  • Serbian: 枚方市
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hirakata
  • Sinhala: හිරකටා
  • Slovenian: Hirakata
  • Spanish: Hirakata Osaka
  • Spanish: Hirakata
  • Swedish: Hirakata
  • Tagalog: Hirakata
  • Tajik: Hirakata
  • Tajik: Ҳираката
  • Tamil: ஹிராக்கடா
  • Tatar: Хираката
  • Telugu: హిరకత
  • Thai: ฮิรากาตะ
  • Turkish: Hirakata
  • Ukrainian: Хіраката
  • Urdu: ہیراکاتا، اوساکا
  • Urdu: ہیراکاتا
  • Venetian: Hirakata
  • Vietnamese: Hirakata
  • Waray (Philippines): Hirakata, Osaka
  • Waray (Philippines): Hirakata
  • Yue Chinese: 枚方市

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