![Location of Nishi ward Sakai city Osaka prefecture Japan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Location_of_Nishi_ward_Sakai_city_Osaka_prefecture_Japan.svg)
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 incl ...
in
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 and a population of 133,583. The population density is 4,667 per square kilometer.
西区役所 : 堺市ホームページ
(Ward office official home page) (Retrieved on June 23, 2009) The name means "West Ward."
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.
References
External links
Ward office official webpage
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Wards of Sakai, Osaka
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