Ibaraki, Osaka

Ibaraki (茨木市, Ibaraki-shi) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Literally Ibaraki in English means Wild Trees or Thorny trees. The city was founded on January 1, 1948.

As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 273,992 and a population density of 3,580 persons per km². The total area is 76.52 km².

Transportation

Railways

Roads

Meishin Expressway
Route 171

Education

Prefectural public senior high schools:

Osaka Ibaraki High School (茨木高等学校)
Kasugaoka High School (春日丘高等学校)
Osaka Ibaraki Nishi High School (茨木西高等学校)
Hokusetsu Tsubasa High School (北摂つばさ高等学校)
Ibaraki Engineering High School (茨木工科高等学校)
Osaka Prefectural Fukui Senior High School (福井高等学校)

Private junior and senior high schools:

Otemon Junior & Senior High School (追手門学院中学校・高等学校)
Kansai Ohkura Junior and Senior High School (関西大倉中学校・高等学校)
Waseda Setsuryo Junior High School-High School (早稲田摂陵中学校・高等学校)
Korea International School, a Korean international junior and senior high school, is in Ibaraki.

Private senior high schools:

Koyodai High School (向陽台高等学校)
Aino High School (藍野高等学校)

Sister and friendship cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Sister city agreement concluded in 1980
Anqing, Anhui, China - Friendship city agreement concluded in 1985
Shodoshima, Kagawa, Japan - Sister city agreement concluded in 1988 (with former Uchinomi town)

External links

Media related to Ibaraki, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

Ibaraki city official website (Japanese)

Osaka Prefecture

Osaka (capital)

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

Wards of Sakai	Higashi Kita Naka Nishi Mihara Minami Sakai

Core cities	Higashiōsaka Hirakata Takatsuki Toyonaka

Special cities	Ibaraki Kishiwada Neyagawa Suita Yao

Cities	Daitō Fujiidera Habikino Hannan Ikeda Izumi Izumiotsu Izumisano Kadoma Kaizuka Kashiwara Katano Kawachinagano Matsubara Minoh Moriguchi Ōsakasayama Sennan Settsu Shijōnawate Takaishi Tondabayashi

Minamikawachi District	Chihayaakasaka Kanan Taishi

Mishima District	Shimamoto

Senboku District	Tadaoka

Sennan District	Kumatori Misaki Tajiri

Toyono District	Nose Toyono

List of mergers in Osaka Prefecture

Metropolitan cities of Japan

Tokyo Metropolis	Special wards of Tokyo^※ (Adachi Arakawa Bunkyo Chiyoda Chūō Edogawa Itabashi Katsushika Kita Koto Meguro Minato Nakano Nerima Ōta Setagaya Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Suginami Sumida Toshima Taitō)

Designated cities	Chiba^※ Fukuoka^※ Hamamatsu Hiroshima^※ Kawasaki Kitakyushu Kobe^※ Kumamoto^※ Kyoto^※ Nagoya^※ Niigata^※ Okayama^※ Osaka^※ Sagamihara Saitama^※ Sakai Sapporo^※ Sendai^※ Shizuoka^※ Yokohama^※

Core cities	Akita^※ Amagasaki Aomori^※ Asahikawa Fukuyama Funabashi Gifu^※ Hachiōji Hakodate Higashiōsaka Himeji Hirakata Iwaki Kagoshima^※ Kanazawa^※ Kashiwa Kawagoe Kōchi^※ Kōriyama Koshigaya Kurashiki Kure Kurume Maebashi^※ Matsuyama^※ Miyazaki^※ Morioka^※ Naha Nagano^※ Nagasaki^※ Nara^※ Nishinomiya Ōita^※ Okazaki Ōtsu^※ Sasebo Shimonoseki Takamatsu^※ Takasaki Takatsuki Toyama^※ Toyohashi Toyonaka Toyota Utsunomiya^※ Wakayama^※ Yokosuka

Special cities	Akashi Atsugi Chigasaki Fuji Fukui^※ Hachinohe Hiratsuka Ibaraki Ichinomiya Isesaki Jōetsu Kakogawa Kasugai Kasukabe Kawaguchi Kishiwada Kōfu^※ Kumagaya Matsue^※ Matsumoto Mito^※ Nagaoka Neyagawa Numazu Odawara Ōta Saga^※ Sōka Suita Takarazuka Tokorozawa Tottori^※ Tsukuba Yamagata^※ Yamato Yao Yokkaichi

Prefectural capitals	Fukushima Tsu Tokushima Yamaguchi

Note: ^※ also a prefectural capital

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 141906212 BNF: cb11991465n (data) NDL: 00284261

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