Keihanshin

is a Japanese metropolitan region encompassin the metropolitan auries o the ceeties o Osaka in Osaka Prefectur, Kobe in Hyōgo Prefectur, an Kyoto in Kyoto Prefectur. The entire region haes a population (as o 2000) o 18,644,000 ower an aurie o 11,170 km².Japan Statistics Bureau  - "2000 Census: Table 92. Population in Major Metropolitan Areas and Metropolitan Areas", retrieved February 8, 2007 It is Japan's seicont maist populatit urban region efter the Greater Tokyo Aurie, containin approximately 15% o Japan's population.

The GDP in this aurie (Osaka an Kobe) is $341 billion, makkin it ane o the warld's maist productive regions, a match wi Paris an Lunnon.- PWC report 2007 , retrieved October 9, 2007 Mastercard Worldwide reportit that Osaka is the 19t rankin ceety o the warld's leadin global ceeties an haes an instrumental role in drivin the global economy.Mastercard Worldwide - "Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index 2008" page 8 and 22, retrieved June 11, 2008

The name Keihanshin is constructit bi extractin a representative kanji frae Kyoto (京都), Osaka (大阪), an Kobe (神戸), but uisin the On-yomi (Cheenese readin) insteid o the correspondin Kun-yomi (Japanese readin) for each o the characters taken frae Osaka an Kobe, an the kan-on Cheenese readin o the character for Kyoto insteid o the uisual go-on Cheenese readin.

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