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Sakai City
Osaka Prefecture · City
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Sakai City is a designated city (a major city with powers similar to a prefecture) whose name comes from "sakai," meaning the border between Settsu and Izumi provinces. The Mozu Tombs, including Daisen Kofun, Japan's largest keyhole-shaped mound, are a World Cultural Heritage Site. In the Middle Ages it prospered as a self-governing, moated city, and it is still an industrial city at the core of the Hanshin Industrial Zone.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Osaka Prefecture
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