Higashi-ku, Sakai

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Higashi-ku (東区) is a ward of the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 10.48 km² and a population of 85,263. The population density is 8,136 per square kilometer.^[1] The name means "East Ward."

The wards of Sakai were established when Sakai became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2006.

Transportation

Rail

Nankai Electric Railway
- Koya Line: Hatsushiba Station - Hagiharatenjin Station - Kitanoda Station

References

^ 東区役所のホームページ : 堺市ホームページ Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (Ward office official home page) (Retrieved on June 23, 2009)

External links

Media related to Higashi-ku, Sakai at Wikimedia Commons

Ward office official webpage (in Japanese)
Geographic data related to Higashi-ku, Sakai at OpenStreetMap

Osaka Prefecture

Osaka (capital)

Osaka

Wards	Abeno Asahi Chūō Fukushima Higashinari Higashisumiyoshi Higashiyodogawa Hirano Ikuno Jōtō Kita Konohana Minato Miyakojima Naniwa Nishi Nishinari Nishiyodogawa Suminoe Sumiyoshi Taishō Tennōji Tsurumi Yodogawa