- Higashiōsaka, Osaka
Infobox City Japan
Name=Higashiōsaka
JapaneseName=東大阪市
Prefecture=Osaka
Region=Kansai
Area_km2=61.81
Population=510,209
PopDate=August 1 2006
Density_km2=8254.47
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 34
LatitudeMinutes= 41
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 135
LongtitudeMinutes= 36
LongtitudeSeconds=
Mayor=Junzō Nagao
Tree=Camphor Laurel
Flower=Ume
Bird=
Symbol
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SymbolDescription= Flag
CityHallPostalCode=577-8521
CityHallAddress=50-4 Aramotokita, Higashiōsaka-shi, Ōsaka-fu
CityHallPhone=06-4309-3000
CityHallLink = [http://www.city.higashiosaka.osaka.jp/ Higashiōsaka City]
City
nihongo|Higashiōsaka|東大阪市| Higashiōsaka-shi|lit. "East Osaka" is a city located inOsaka Prefecture ,Japan .History
The city was founded on
February 1 ,1967 , by a merger of three cities, Nihongo|Fuse|布施, Nihongo|Kawachi|河内 and Nihongo|Hiraoka|枚岡, in easternOsaka Prefecture .Transportation
Rail
*
West Japan Railway Company
**Katamachi Line Tokuan Station -Konoike-Shinden Station
*Kintetsu Corporation
**Kintetsu Nara Line Fuse Station -Kawachi-Eiwa Station -Kawachi-Kosaka Station -Yaenosato Station -Wakae-Iwata Station -Kawachi-Hanazono Station -Higashi-Hanazono Station - Hyōtan-yama Station - Hiraoka Station -Nukata Station -Ishikiri Station
**Kintetsu Osaka Line Fuse Station -Shuntokumichi Station -Nagase Station - Mito Station
**Kintetsu Keihanna Line (Nagata Station) -Aramoto Station -Yoshita Station -Shin-Ishikiri Station
*Osaka Municipal Subway
**Chuo Line Takaida Station - Nagata StationRoads
*Expressways
**Kinki Expressway Higashiosaka Parking Area
**Hanshin Expressway Higashiosaka Route (13)
*Daini Hanna Toll Road
*Shigi Ikoma Skyline [http://www.kintetsu.co.jp/leisure/skyline/]
*Route 170
*Route 308Politics
Higashiōsaka is governed by mayor
Junzō Nagao , an supported by theJapanese Communist Party . The city assembly is dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party.Elections
*
Higashiōsaka city assembly election, 2007
*Higashiōsaka mayoral election, 2006
*Higashiosaka by-election, 2006 ister cities
*flagicon|Germany
Berlin-Mitte ,Germany (since 1959)
*flagicon|United StatesGlendale, California ,United States (since 1960)ee also
*
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium External links
* [http://www.city.higashiosaka.osaka.jp/ Official website]
* [http://www.city.higashiosaka.osaka.jp/~bunkoku/wip-e/index51.html International Information Plaza]
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