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Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Kansai
- Prefecture
- Osaka
- Mayor
- Keisuke Daimatsu
- Total
- 41.72 km (16.11 sq mi)
- Density
- 6,314/km (16,350/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00 ( JST )
- City hall address
- 1-1-1 Honmachi, Yao-shi, Osaka-fu 581-0003
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- Official website
- Flower
- Chrysanthemum
- Tree
- Ginkgo
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Yao (八尾市, Yao-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [ja(ꜜ).o, ja.oꜜ.ɕi], locally [ja.oꜜ]) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2022, the city had an estimated population of 263,436 in 126,509 households and a population density of 6300 persons per km. The total area of the city is 41.72 square kilometres (16.11 sq mi). The city is the birthplace of the Kawachi ondo style of folk singing.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.