Hirakata, Osaka

Hirakata 枚方
Special ceety
枚方市 · Hirakata
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Location of Hirakata in Osaka
Coordinates: 34°49′N 135°39′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefectur	Osaka
Govrenment
• Mayor	Hiroshi Nakatsuka
Area
• Total	65.08 km2 (25.13 sq mi)
Population  (August 1, 2011)
• Total	407,465
• Density	6260/km2 (16,200/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Willow
• Flouer	Chrysanthemum
• Bird	Common Kingfisher
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address	2-1-20 Ogaito-chō, Hirakata-shi, Osaka-fu 573-8666
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Hirakata (枚方市, Hirakata-shi) is a ceety in north-eastren Osaka Prefectur, Japan, near the prefectural borders o Nara an Kyoto. It is renouned for its chrysanthemum doll exhibition, as well as Hirakata Park — an amusement pairk featurin five roller coasters.

The ceety wis foondit on 1 August 1947. On 1 Aprile 2001, Hirakata wis designatit as a special ceety o Japan.

The tot aurie o the ceety is 65.07 km². As o 1 Januar 2010, the ceety haes an estimatit population o 411,777, an a population densitie o 6,327.24 bodies per km².

Mayors

• Soichiro Terashima (in office 1947 - 1955, 1959 - 1967) umwhile mayor o Hirakata-chō
• Harufumi Hatakeyama (1955 - 1959)
• Tomizō Yamamura (1967 - 1975)
• Kazuo Kitamaki (1975 - 1991)
• Kazuo Ōshio (1991 - 1995)
• Hiroshi Nakatsuka (1995 - )

Colleges an universities

• Kansai Gaidai University
• Osaka Dental University
• Kansai Medical University
• Setsunan University
• Osaka Internaitional University
• Osaka Institute o Technology
• Naitional Tax College

Public transportation

Railweys

Hirakata-shi Station Minami Entrance

• Keihan Electric Railway
  • Keihan Main Line Kozenji Station - Hirakata-koen Station - Hirakata-shi Station - Goten-yama Station - Makino Station - Kuzuha Station
  • Katano Line Hirakata-shi Station - Miyanosaka Station - Hoshigaoka Station - Murano Station
• West Japan Railway Company
  • Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) Tsuda Station - Fujisaka Station - Nagao Station

Roads

• Naitional Route 1 Daini Keihan Road (toll road)
• Naitional Route 168
• Naitional Route 170
• Naitional Route 307

Companies wi offices in Hirakata

• Komatsu Osaka plant
• Sanyo Electric Co R&D

Sister an friendship ceeties

• Shimanto, Kōchi, Japan - Friendship ceety greement concludit in 1974 (wi umwhile Nakamura ceety)
• Betsukai, Hokkaidō, Japan - Friendship ceety greement concludit in 1987
• Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan - Friendship ceety greement concludit in 1987 (wi umwhile Shionoe toun)
• Chang Ning Destrict, Shanghai, Cheenae - Sister ceety greement concludit in 1987
• Logan City, Queensland, Australie - Sister ceety agreement concludit in 1995

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid (in Inglis)