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is a ward
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Division or unit
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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 '' kofun'', keyhole-shaped burial mounds dating from the fifth century. The ''kofun ...
in Osaka Prefecture
is a 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 to the north, Nara ...
, Japan. The ward has an area of 13.24 km2 and a population of 39,230. The population density is 2,960 per km2.
The wards of Sakai were established when Sakai became a city designated by government ordinance
A , also known as a or , is a Cities of Japan, 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.
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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