Yao

Yao 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.
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  • Type: City with 268,000 residents
  • Description: city in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kyūhōji Station and Yao.

Railway station
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is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Yao, , , operated by West Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of , , , operated by West Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yao, , Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hirano and South Osaka.

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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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covers the southern wards of : Nishinari, Abeno, Ikuno and Sumiyoshi. For the central Minami area, see ; for the northern parts of Abeno near Tennoji station, see ; for Hirano which was originally independent city from Osaka, see .

Suburb
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is one of the 24 wards residing in the prefecture of , Japan. It is well known for the in the Tsuruhashi area. The area has historically had a large number of Korean people, particularly Korean Japanese citizens living there, as well as for its large number of yakiniku restaurants.

Yao

Latitude
34.6269° or 34° 37′ 37″ north
Longitude
135.6009° or 135° 36′ 3″ east
Population
268,000
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QJJG2+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 551365916
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1848519
Wiki­data ID
Q490872
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yao” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ياو، أوساكا”
  • Arabic: “ياو”
  • Armenian: “Յաո”
  • Asturian: “Yao”
  • Awadhi: “याओ”
  • Belarusian: “Яа”
  • Belarusian: “Яо”
  • Bengali: “ইয়াও”
  • Bulgarian: “Яо”
  • Catalan: “Yao”
  • Cebuano: “Yao-shi”
  • Central Bikol: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Central Bikol: “Yao”
  • Chechen: “Яо”
  • Chinese: “Yao-chhī”
  • Chinese: “八尾”
  • Chinese: “八尾市”
  • Czech: “Jao”
  • Danish: “Yao”
  • Dutch: “Yao”
  • Esperanto: “Jao”
  • Esperanto: “Yao-shi”
  • Esperanto: “Yao”
  • Estonian: “Yao”
  • Finnish: “Yao”
  • French: “Yao”
  • Galician: “Yao”
  • German: “Yao”
  • Greek: “Γιάο”
  • Gujarati: “યાઓ”
  • Hindi: “याओ”
  • Hungarian: “Jao”
  • Indonesian: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Indonesian: “Yao”
  • Irish: “Yao”
  • Italian: “Yao”
  • Japanese: “Yao-shi”
  • Japanese: “やおし”
  • Japanese: “八尾”
  • Japanese: “八尾市”
  • Kannada: “ಯಾವೋ”
  • Korean: “야오시”
  • Latvian: “Jao”
  • Literary Chinese: “八尾市”
  • Lithuanian: “Jo”
  • Malay: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Malay: “Yao”
  • Marathi: “याओ”
  • Mazanderani: “یائو، اوساکا”
  • Mazanderani: “یائو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yao-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yao”
  • Norwegian: “Yao”
  • Persian: “یائو، اوساکا”
  • Persian: “یائو”
  • Polish: “Yao”
  • Portuguese: “Yao”
  • Romanian: “Yao”
  • Russian: “Яо”
  • Scots: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Scots: “Yao”
  • Serbian: “Jao”
  • Serbian: “Јао”
  • Serbian: “八尾市”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jao”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Sinhala: “යාඕ”
  • Spanish: “Yao”
  • Swedish: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Swedish: “Yao”
  • Tagalog: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Tagalog: “Yao”
  • Tajik: “Jao”
  • Tajik: “Яо”
  • Tamil: “யாவ்”
  • Tatar: “Яо”
  • Telugu: “యావో”
  • Thai: “ยาโอะ”
  • Turkish: “Yao, Osaka”
  • Turkish: “Yao”
  • Ukrainian: “Яо”
  • Urdu: “یاو، اوساکا”
  • Urdu: “یاو”
  • Uzbek: “Yao”
  • Venetian: “Yao”
  • Vietnamese: “Yao, Ōsaka”
  • Vietnamese: “Yao”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yao, Osaka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yao”
  • Yue Chinese: “八尾”

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