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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 ...

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. , the city had an estimated population of 228,802 in 111,545 households and a population density of 9,300 persons per km². The total area of the city is .

Geography

Neyagawa is located on the left bank of the Yodo River in the northeastern part of Osaka Prefecture, 15 km from the center of Osaka city and 35 km from the center of Kyoto city. It is 7.22 km north–south, 6.89 km east–west. The city's terrain can be broadly divided into eastern hills and western flatlands. The eastern hills are part of the

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, about 50m above sea level, and the flat western part is mainly composed of alluvium and is 2 to 3m above sea level. The highest point is 109.6m around the Ishinohōden Kofun.

Neighboring municipalities

Osaka Prefecture * Settsu * Takatsuki * Hirakata *

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Climate

Neyagawa has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Neyagawa is 15.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1475 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Neyagawa increased extremely rapidly in the 1960s, leveled off until the 2000s and has slowly started to decrease.

History

The area of the modern city of Neyagawa was within ancient

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. The village of Kukasho was established within Matta District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896, the area became part of Kitakawachi District, Osaka. Kukasho was elevated to town status on February 1, 1943. On April 1, 1943, it was merged with the villages of Tomorogi, Toyono and Neyagawa to form the city of Neyagawa.

Government

Neyagawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 24 members. Neyagawa contributes two members to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 12th district of the

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Economy

Neyagawa is a regional commercial center with some high manufacturing.

Education

Universities and colleges

Setsunan University is a private university in Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1922, and it was chartered as a university in 1975. Sister Universities * Taiwan **National Formosa University National Formosa University (NFU; ) ...

Osaka Electro-Communication University , OECU is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Neyagawa, Osaka, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka Prefecture. History The predecessor of the school was founded in 1924, and it was chartered as a university in 1961. *In 1924, was esta ...

Primary and secondary education

Neyagawa has 24 public elementary schools and ten public middle schools operated by the city government and three public high schools operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one private elementary school and two private combined middle/high schools. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped and one technical school.

Transportation

Railway

JR West – Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) * Keihan railway logo

Keihan Electric Railway - Keihan Main Line * - -

Highway

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Sister city relations

* Susami, Wakayama, Japan - Friendship city agreement concluded in 1976 * Mimasaka,

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, Japan - Friendship city agreement concluded in 1991 (with former Ohara town) * Newport News, Virginia United States - Sister city agreement concluded in 1982 * Oakville, Ontario, Canada - Sister city agreement concluded in 1984 * Luwan District, Shanghai, China - Friendship city agreement concluded in 1994. Luwan has since been merged into

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since June 2011.

Local attractions

* Ishinohōden Kofun, National Historic Site

Notable people from Neyagawa

* Gōeidō Gōtarō,

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References

External links

Neyagawa City official website
{{Authority control Cities in Osaka Prefecture