is a
city
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located in
Osaka Prefecture,
Japan. , the city had an estimated
population
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of 60,318 in 26214 households and a
population density
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of 1200 persons per km².
The total area of the city is .
Geography
Sennan is located in the southwestern part of Osaka prefecture. The northwest portion of the city is bordered by
Osaka Bay
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and the southeastern portion borders the Izumi Mountains and Wakayama Prefecture. About one-third of the southern part of
Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport ( ja, 関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) commonly known as is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and ...
is within the borders of Sennan city, contributing to the city's economy.
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Neighboring municipalities
Osaka Prefecture
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Izumisano
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Hannan
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Tajiri
Wakayama Prefecture
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Kinokawa
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Iwade
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History
Iwade was established in the late Medieval period, when it was a settlement linking Watling Street to the coast via Key Street (a ...
Climate
Sennan has a
Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sennan is 15.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1713 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.4 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,
Sennan population statistics
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History
The area of the modern city of Sennan was within ancient Izumi Province
:''The characters ''泉州'' are also used for the name of the Chinese city of Quanzhou''.
was a province of Japan in the area of southern Osaka Prefecture. Tango bordered on Kii to the south, Yamato and Kawachi to the west, and Settsu ...
. Per the ''Kojiki
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'' and the '' Nihon Shoki'', during Jimmu's Eastern Expedition to conquer the Yamato Basin, Jimmu and his brothers forces advanced up the Seto Inland Sea
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and landed near Naniwa. They faced stiff resistance from a local king named Nagamitsu-hiko and during the ensuing battle Itsuse no Mikoto was struck by an arrow. The area of Sennan is one of the locations which claim to be the site of this battle. Centuries later, it was the site of the Battle of Kashii, was the very first battle of the Summer Campaign of the 1615 Siege of Osaka
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. In the Edo Period
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, much of the city area was controlled by Kishiwada Domain, Yodo Domain
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The strategic location of the castle figured in the 1582 Battle of Yamazaki.
During the 1 ...
or directly by the Tokugawa shogunate
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. The village of Tarui was established within Hine District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896 the area became part of Sennan District, Osaka. Tarui was promoted to town status on April 1, 1940. The town of Shindachi was created by the merger of the villages of Shindachi and Higashi-Shindachi on February 11, 1941. On September 30, 1956, the towns of Tarui and Shindachi merged with the villages of Onoshindachi, Shinge, Narutaki, and Nishishindachi to form the town of Sennan. On July 1, 1970 Sennan was promoted to city status. Sennan entered into discussions to merge with either Hannan and Misaki, or with Hannan, Misaki, Izumisano and Tajiri to form the city of "Sennanshu" (南泉州市) from 2001 to 2004; however, per a public referendum, only Misaki was in favor of the merger and the plans were abandoned.
Government
Sennan has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral
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Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...
city council of 15 members. Sennan collectively with the cities of Kaizuka, Hannan, and the town of Misaki contributes two members to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly
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. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 19th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan
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Economy
Sennan was traditionally dependent on commercial fishing
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and agriculture; however, since the opening of Kansai International Airport, the city rapidly industrialized with logistics and support industries for airport-related operations.
Education
Sennan has ten public elementary schools and four public middle schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education. The prefecture also operated two special education schools for the handicapped.
Transportation
Railway
JR West
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– Hanwa Line
The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The 61.3 km (38.1 mi) line runs between Osaka and Wakayama, Japan and has a 1.7 km branchline in a southern Os ...
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Nankai Electric Railway
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Nankai Main Line
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Highway
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Hanwa Expressway
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Naming
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Local attractions
* Kaie-ji temple ruins, A National Historic Site
Gallery
Kix aerial photo.jpg, Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport ( ja, 関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) commonly known as is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and ...
Chokeiji03s2048.jpg, Chokei-ji
Rinshoji05s2040.jpg, Rinsho-ji gardens
Kaieji (Sennan), kairou.jpg, Kaeji ruins
References
External links
Sennan City official website
Cities in Osaka Prefecture
Populated coastal places in Japan
Sennan, Osaka
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