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Bay Area

The Bay Area is the westernmost district of city. Largely built on reclaimed land, it has large-scale facilities for shopping and entertainment, and has become popular among young people in particular.
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  • Type: bay
  • Description: bay in Western Japan
  • Also known as: “Osaka Bay”
Photo: Laitr Keiows, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bay Area

Latitude
34.5° or 34° 30′ north
Longitude
135.3° or 135° 18′ east
Open location code
8Q6QG822+22
Wiki­data ID
Q999162
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bay Area” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج أوساكا”
  • Basque: “Osakako Badia”
  • Belarusian: “Осакскі заліў”
  • Bengali: “ওসাকা উপসাগর”
  • Catalan: “badia d’Osaka”
  • Catalan: “Badia d’Osaka”
  • Catalan: “badia d’Ōsaka”
  • Cebuano: “Ōsaka Wan”
  • Chinese: “大坂湾”
  • Chinese: “大阪灣”
  • Czech: “Ósacká zátoka”
  • Czech: “Ósacký záliv”
  • Dutch: “Baai van Osaka”
  • Esperanto: “Osaka Golfo”
  • Estonian: “Osaka laht”
  • Estonian: “Ōsaka laht”
  • Finnish: “Osakanlahti”
  • French: “baie d’Osaka”
  • French: “Baie d’Osaka”
  • French: “Baie d’Ōsaka”
  • German: “Bucht von Osaka”
  • German: “Osaka-Bucht”
  • German: “Ōsaka-Bucht”
  • German: “Osaka-wan”
  • German: “Ōsaka-wan”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ אוסקה”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Osaka”
  • Irish: “Bá Osaka”
  • Italian: “baia di Osaka”
  • Italian: “Baia di Osaka”
  • Japanese: “和泉灘”
  • Japanese: “大坂湾”
  • Japanese: “大阪湾”
  • Japanese: “茅渟の海”
  • Javanese: “Teluk Osaka”
  • Korean: “오사카만”
  • Macedonian: “Осачки Залив”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Osakabukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Osakabukta”
  • Norwegian: “Osakabukta”
  • Persian: “خلیج اوساکا”
  • Polish: “Osaka (zatoka)”
  • Polish: “Osaka”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de osaka”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Osaka”
  • Russian: “Залив Осака”
  • Russian: “Идзуми-Нада”
  • Russian: “Осакский залив”
  • Slovenian: “Osaški zaliv”
  • Spanish: “Bahia de Osaka”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Osaka”
  • Swedish: “Osakabukten”
  • Thai: “อ่าวโอซากะ”
  • Turkish: “Osaka Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Осацька затока”
  • Venetian: “Baja de Osaka”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại Phản (vịnh)”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại Phản loan”
  • Vietnamese: “Osaka (vịnh)”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Đại Phản”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Osaka”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Ōsaka”

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