Sakai
Sakai (堺市 Sakai-shi) is a ceety in Osaka Prefectur, Japan. It haes been ane o the lairgest an maist important seaports o Japan syne the Medieval era.
Sakai 堺 | |
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| 堺市 · Sakai City[1] | |
 Frae top left: Daisen kofun, Auld Sakai Lichthoose, Ruins o Rikyu's hoose, Ōtori taisha, Myōkoku-ji, Skyline wi Daisen kofun in the centre | |
 Flag | |
 Location of Sakai in Osaka | |
| Coordinates: 34°34′24″N 135°28′59″E / 34.57333°N 135.48306°ECoordinates: 34°34′24″N 135°28′59″E / 34.57333°N 135.48306°E | |
| Kintra | Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Prefectur | Osaka |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Osami Takeyama |
| Area | |
| • Total | 149.99 km2 (57.91 sq mi) |
| Population (1 August 2011) | |
| • Total | 842,760 |
| • Density | 5,600/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Symbols | |
| • Tree | Willae |
| • Flouer | Iris |
| • Bird | Shrike |
| • Flouerin tree | Tsutsuji |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time) |
| City Hall Address | 3-1 Minami-Kawaramachi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu 590-0078 |
| Website | Ceety o Sakai |
Follaein the Februar 2005 annexation o the toun o Mihara, frae Minamikawachi Destrict, the ceety haes grown further an is nou the fowerteent maist populous ceety in Japan,[2] wi 833,414 residents as o 2007-05-01.[3]
The current ceety wis legally foondit on 1 Aprile 1889 accordin tae the laws o Imperial Japan. Sakai became a designatit ceety in Aprile 2006[4] givin it a greater measur o sel-determination in govrenmental affairs. It is dividit intae seiven destricts.
Sakai is kent for its keyhole-shapit burial moonds, or kofun, which date frae the 5t century. The lairgest o these, Daisen Kofun, is believit tae be the grave o the Emperor Nintoku an is the lairgest grave in the warld bi aurie. Ance kent for samurai swords, Sakai is nou famous for the quality o its kitchen knives; maist heich-quality Japanese cutlery oreeginates in Sakai, an its production is a major industrie in the ceety.
Wairds
eeditSakai haes seiven wairds (ku):
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A map o Sakai's Wairds -
Sakai Ceety Haw
Varsities
eeditSister an friendship ceeties
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Berkeley, Californie, Unitit States—1967
Lianyungang, Jiangsu, Cheenae—1983
Tanegashima, Kagoshima, Japan—1986- Higashiyoshino, Nara, Japan—1986
Wellington, New Zealand—1994
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ Sakai official English name
- ↑ Sakai City profile Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2007-03-13. Note that awtho the reference refers tae Sakai as the fowerteent-lairgest ceety in Japan, this reference excludes Tokyo.
- ↑ Sakai City Department of Planning, Head of Statistical Research (堺市企画部調査統計担当 Kikakubu Chōsa Tōkei Tantō). Published 2007-05-21.
- ↑ "Tokyo pollsters in the money", Yomiuri Shimbun, 2007-02-17. Accessed 2007-03-13.
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Sakai. |
- Sakai offeecial wabsteid (in Japanese)