Suita

Suita (吹田市, Suita-shi) is a ceety locatit in northren Osaka, Japan. As o 1 August 2011, the ceety haes an estimatit population o 356,751 an the densitie o 9,880 persons per km². The total aurie is 36.11 km².

Suita

吹田
Special ceety
吹田市 · Suita
Official seal of Suita
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Location of Suita in Osaka
Location of Suita in Osaka
Coordinates: 34°45′34″N 135°31′1″E / 34.75944°N 135.51694°E / 34.75944; 135.51694 135°31′1″E / 34.75944°N 135.51694°E / 34.75944; 135.51694
KintraJapan
RegionKansai
PrefecturOsaka
Govrenment
 • MayorTetsuya Inoue (syne Mey 2011)
Area
 • Total36.11 km2 (13.94 sq mi)
Population
 (August 1, 2011)
 • Total356,751
 • Density9,900/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Symbols
 • TreeCamphor Laurel
 • FlouerSatsuki azalea
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
City Hall Address1-3-40 Izumichō, Suita-shi, Osaka-fu
564-8550
WebsiteSuita Ceety
JR Suita Station

The ceety wis fopndit on 1 Aprile 1940, an wis the steid o Expo '70, a World's Fair held in 1970. The J-League soccer club Gamba Osaka plays at Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, locatit in the umwhile warld's fair grunds.

It is connectit tae central bi Hankyu Railway, West Japan Railway Company an the Osaka Municipal Subway. The Osaka Monorail passes through the aurie an aw, connectin the ceety tae Osaka, the Expo Commemoration Park an Osaka Internaitional Airport.

Varsities

  • Kansai Varsity's main branch is locatit here. It is accessible throu Kandaimae Station on the Hankyu Senri Line.
  • Osaka Varsity's main admeenistrative campus is hostit here, richt beside the Expo Park. It is accessible via the Osaka Monorail at Handaibyoinmae Station, or via Hankyu Senri Line at Kita-Senri Station.
  • Osaka Gakuin Varsity, accessible throu Kishibe Station on JR Kyoto Line.
  • Senri Kinran Varsity, accessible throu Kita-Senri Station on Hankyu Senri Line.

Museums

  • National Museum of Ethnology
  • International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka [2]
  • The Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Osaka [3]
  • Kansai University Museum
  • Suita City Museum

Companies

  • SNK (formerly kent as SNK Playmore), the producer o Neo Geo arcade buirds an gemmes haes its heidquairters in the ceety.

Railway Stations

JR Kishibe Station

JR West

  • JR Kyoto Line:

(<< for Kyoto) - Senrioka - Kishibe - Suita - (for Ōsaka >>)

Hankyu Railway

  • Hankyu Kyoto Line:

(<< for Kyoto Kawaramachi) - Shojaku - (for Osaka Umeda >>)

  • Hankyu Senri Line:

(<< for Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme, Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line) - Suita - Toyotsu - Kandai-mae - Senriyama - Minami-Senri - Yamada - Kita-Senri (line terminus)

Osaka Municipal Subway

  • Midosuji Line (Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line)

(<< for Umeda, Nakamozu) - Esaka (last stop on the Midosuji Line) - Ryokuchi-koen (in Toyonaka) - Momoyamadai - (for Senri-Chuo >>)

Osaka Monorail

  • Main Line

(<< for Osaka Airport) - Yamada - Banpaku Kinen Koen - (for Kadoma-shi >>)

  • Saito Line

(<< for Saito-nishi) - Koen-higashiguchi - Banpaku Kinen Koen (line terminus)

Student Dormitories

  • Osaka University Foreign Student House
  • Senri International Student House
  • Kansai University International Student House
  • JASSO Student House

Sister ceeties

  • Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Syne 20 Julie 1982.[1]
  • Ceety o Bankstown, New Sooth Wales, Australie.

Suita wis involvit in Bankstown's first internaitional Sister Ceety in Mairch 1989.[2]

References

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