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Also known as Osaka City, Ōsaka, Ōsaka City, Ōsaka-shi

ksh:Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With an estimated population of 2,816,247 as of October 1, 2025 and a population density of about 12,505 people per square kilometer, it is the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th-largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants.

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Osaka is a major city in Japan's Kansai region and the third-most populous city in the country, with nearly 2.8 million residents. It serves as the core of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second-largest metropolitan region in Japan and one of the largest urban areas in the world.

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Settlement.seal_type: Emblem
Settlement.name: Osaka
Settlement.official_name: Osaka City
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture capital and Designated city
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Osaka, Osaka.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Emblem of Osaka, Osaka.svg
Settlement.image_map1: Osaka in Osaka Prefecture Ja.svg
Settlement.map_caption1: Location of Osaka in Osaka Prefecture
Settlement.pushpin_map: Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan Kansai#Japan#Asia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Kansai region
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Japan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kansai
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Osaka Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Island
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Honshu

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Has part: Minami
Official name: Osaka City
Demonym: Osakan
Country: Japan
Located in: Settsu Province
Contains: Nishi-ku
Continent: Asia
Capital: Kita-ku
Population: 2665314
Area: 223.000
Elevation: 20
Time zone: UTC+09:00
Head of government: Hideyuki Yokoyama
Capital of: Japan
Shares border with: Settsu
Highest point: Mount Tenpō
Headquarters: Kita-ku
Official website: osaka-info.jp
Image: Osaka Castle 02bs3200.jpg
Dialing code: 6
Licence plate code: Naniwa
Significant event: Rebellion of Ōshio Heihachirō

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Commons category: Osaka
topic's main category: Category:Osaka
category of associated people: Category:People from Osaka
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Osaka
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Osaka
native label: 難波
category for people born here: Category:Births in Osaka
Commons gallery: 大阪市
twinned administrative body: Guadalajara
owner of: Maishima Arena
inception: 0500-00-00
located in/on physical feature: Osaka Plain
official symbol: Viola × wittrockiana
pseudonym: 東洋のマンチェスター
associated electoral district: Osaka 6th district
hashtag: 大阪市
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P8168: DBAG Class 425
name in kana: おおさかし
P12749: list of Babylon 5 episodes
transliteration or transcription: Osaka-shi
postal code: 530-0001

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