Sakai

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Sakai (堺市, Sakai-shi) is a ceety in Osaka Prefectur, Japan. It haes been ane o the lairgest an maist important seaports o Japan syne the Medieval era.

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Sakai

Designatit ceety
堺市 · Sakai City[1]
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Frae top left: Daisen kofun, Auld Sakai Lichthoose, Ruins o Rikyu's hoose, Ōtori taisha, Myōkoku-ji, Skyline wi Daisen kofun in the centre
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Location of Sakai in Osaka
Coordinates: 34°34′24″N 135°28′59″E
KintraJapan
RegionKansai
PrefecturOsaka
Govrenment
  MayorOsami Takeyama
Area
  Total149.99 km2 (57.91 sq mi)
Population
 (1 August 2011)
  Total842,760
  Density5,600/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
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  TreeWillae
  FlouerIris
  BirdShrike
  Flouerin treeTsutsuji
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address3-1 Minami-Kawaramachi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu
590-0078
WebsiteCeety o Sakai
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Follaein the Februar 2005 annexation o the toun o Mihara, frae Minamikawachi Destrict, the ceety haes grown further an is nou the fowerteent maist populous ceety in Japan,[2] wi 833,414 residents as o 2007-05-01.[3]

The current ceety wis legally foondit on 1 Aprile 1889 accordin tae the laws o Imperial Japan. Sakai became a designatit ceety in Aprile 2006[4] givin it a greater measur o sel-determination in govrenmental affairs. It is dividit intae seiven destricts.

Sakai is kent for its keyhole-shapit burial moonds, or kofun, which date frae the 5t century. The lairgest o these, Daisen Kofun, is believit tae be the grave o the Emperor Nintoku an is the lairgest grave in the warld bi aurie. Ance kent for samurai swords, Sakai is nou famous for the quality o its kitchen knives; maist heich-quality Japanese cutlery oreeginates in Sakai, an its production is a major industrie in the ceety.

Wairds

Sakai haes seiven wairds (ku):

  • Sakai-ku—admeenistrative centre
  • Kita-ku
  • Nishi-ku
  • Naka-ku
  • Higashi-ku
  • Mihara-ku
  • Minami-ku

Varsities

  • Osaka Prefectur Varsity
  • Taisei Gakuin Varsity
  • Tezukayama Gakuin Varsity

Sister an friendship ceeties

  • United States Berkeley, Californie, Unitit States—1967
  • Fowkrepublic o Cheenae Lianyungang, Jiangsu, Cheenae—1983
  • Japan Tanegashima, Kagoshima, Japan—1986
  • Japan Higashiyoshino, Nara, Japan—1986
  • New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand—1994

See an aw

  • Osaka Metropolis plan
  • Sakai City Museum

References

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