Location of Mihara ward Sakai city Osaka prefecture Japan

is a

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

of the city of

Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and inclu ...

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

, Japan. The ward has an area of 13.24 km² and a population of 39,230. The population density is 2,960 per square kilometer. The wards of Sakai were established when Sakai became a

city designated by government ordinance A , also known as a or , is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article 252, Section 19, of the Local Autonomy Law. Designated cities are delegate ...

on April 1, 2006. This ward includes the former town of Mihara, which joined Sakai by merger on February 1, 2005.

Sources

This article incorporates material from 美原区 (''Mihara-ku'') in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on June 23, 2009.

External links

Ward office official webpage
Wards of Sakai, Osaka {{Osaka-geo-stub