Osaka Prefectur

is a prefectur locatit in the Kansai region on Honshu, the main island o Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Osaka-fu" in ; "Kansai" in . The caipital is the ceety o Osaka. It is the centre o Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto aurie.Nussbaum, "Osaka" in .

 Geography 
Osaka Prefectur neighbors the prefecturs o Hyōgo an Kyoto in the north, Nara in the east an Wakayama in the sooth. The wast is open tae Osaka Bay. The Yodo an Yamato Rivers flow throu the prefectur.

Prior tae the construction o Kansai Internaitional Airport, Osaka wis the smawest prefectur in Japan. The airtificial island on which the airport wis biggit addit enough aurie tae mak it slichtly lairger than Kagawa Prefectur."平成１０年全国都道府県市区町村の面積の公表について(Official announcement on the national territory and area of 1998, by prefectures, cities, districts, towns and villages)" , Geographical Survey Institute, Government of Japan, January 29, 1999."コラム Vol.017 全国都道府県市区町村面積調 (Column: "National Area Investigation" vol.017)" , Alps Mapping K.K., March 8, 2001.

As o 31 Mairch 2008, 10% o the tot land aurie o the prefectur wis designatit as Natural Pairks, namely Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-Naitional Pairk, Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-Naitional Pairk, an Hokusetsu Prefectural Natural Pairk. In Julie 2011 a further aurie wis designatit for pertection as the Hannan-Misaki Prefectural Natural Pairk.

 Ceeties 

Thirty-three ceeties are locatit in Osaka Prefectur:
 Daitō
 Fujiidera
 Habikino
 Hannan
 Higashiōsaka
 Hirakata
 Ibaraki
 Ikeda
 Izumi
 Izumiōtsu
 Izumisano Kadoma
 Kaizuka
 Kashiwara
 Katano
 Kawachinagano
 Kishiwada
 Matsubara
 Minoh
 Moriguchi
 Neyagawa
 Osaka (caipital) Ōsakasayama
 Sakai
 Sennan
 Settsu
 Shijōnawate
 Suita
 Takaishi
 Takatsuki
 Tondabayashi
 Toyonaka
 Yao

 Touns an veelages 

Thir are the touns an veelages in each destrict.
 Minamikawachi Destrict
 Chihayaakasaka
 Kanan
 Taishi
 Mishima Destrict
 Shimamoto Senboku Destrict
 Tadaoka
 Sennan Destrict
 Kumatori
 Misaki
 Tajiri Toyono Destrict
 Nose
 Toyono

 Mergers 

Notes

 External links 

 Official Osaka Prefecture homepage 
 Osaka Tourism & Convention Guidance homepage 

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Category:Kansai region
Category:Prefecturs o Japan