- Ibaraki, Osaka
Infobox City Japan
Name= Ibaraki
JapaneseName= 茨木市
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Region=Kansai
Prefecture= Osaka
District=
Area_km2= 76.52
PopDate= August 2006
Population= 267,933
Density_km2= 3501
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 34
LatitudeMinutes= 49
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 135
LongtitudeMinutes= 34
LongtitudeSeconds=
Tree=Oak
Flower=Rose
Bird=
Symbol
SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Sen'ichi Nomura
CityHallPostalCode= 567-8505
CityHallAddress= 3-8-13 Ekimae, Ibaraki-shi, Ōsaka-fu
CityHallPhone= 72-622-8121
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.ibaraki.osaka.jp/koho/english/index.html Ibaraki City]nihongo|Ibaraki|茨木市|Ibaraki-shi is a city located in Osaka,
Japan . It is a suburban city of Osaka city and a part of Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Literally Ibaraki in English means Wild Trees or Thorny trees.As of 2003, the city has an estimated
population of 262,516 and the density of 3,430.68 persons per km². The total area is 76.52 km².The city was founded on
January 1 ,1948 .Transportation
Railways
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West Japan Railway Company
**JR Kyoto Line :Ibaraki Station
*Hankyu Railway
**Hankyu Kyoto Line :Minami-Ibaraki Station -Ibaraki-shi Station -Sojiji Station
*Osaka Monorail
**Main Line:Unobe Station -Minami-Ibaraki Station -Sawaragi Station
**Saito LineHandai-Byoin-mae Station -Saito-Nishi Station Roads
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Meishin Expressway
*Route 171Sister and Friendship cities
* Shodoshima,
Kagawa Japan - Sister city agreement concluded in 1988 (with former Uchinomi town)
* flagicon|Minnesota Minneapolis,Minnesota ,United States - Sister city agreement concluded in 1980
*Anqing ,Anhui ,China - Friendship city agreement concluded in 1985External links
* [http://www.city.ibaraki.osaka.jp/ Ibaraki official website] ja icon
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