Neyagawa, Osaka
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is a city
Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Osaka
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...

, Japan
Japan
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.

As of 2010, the city has an estimated population
Population
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 of 238,549 and the density
Population density
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 of 9,650 persons per km². The total area is 24.73 km².

The city was founded on May 3, 1951.

Neyagawa entered a Sister City
Town twinning
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 relationship with Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia
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 in 1982, as well as with Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...

, where a boulevard is named after the city, in 1984.

Railways

  • Keihan Electric Railway
    Keihan Electric Railway
    is a Japanese railway operator in Osaka, Kyoto, and Shiga Prefectures. It is known as , or .-History:Keihan started its operation between Osaka and Kyoto in 1910. It was the first electric railway to connect these two cities, and the first line on the left bank of Yodo River...

    • Keihan Main Line Kayashima Station
      Kayashima Station
      is a train station located in the city of Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:...

       - Neyagawa-shi Station - Korien Station
      Korien Station
      is a train station on the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Main Line in the city of Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the train station which is the closest to Narita-san Osaka Temple.-Layout:The station has two island platforms with four tracks....

  • West Japan Railway Company
    West Japan Railway Company
    , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

    • Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
      Gakkentoshi Line
      The , nicknamed officially the , is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Japan, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company...

       Higashi-Neyagawa Station
      Higashi-Neyagawa Station
      is a train station in Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan.-Lines:*West Japan Railway Company **Katamachi Line -Stations next to Higashi-Neyagawa:...


Education

Public elementary and junior high schools are operated by Neyagawa Municipal Board of Education
Neyagawa Municipal Board of Education
Neyagawa Municipal Board of Education is a department of the city of Neyagawa in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.Neyagawa BoE operates public elementary and junior high schools.-Junior high schools:* Neyagawa 1st Junior High School...

 http://www.city.neyagawa.osaka.jp/sankakokugo/e/e22/e225.htm.

Public high schools are operated by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education
Osaka Prefectural Board of Education
Osaka Prefectural Board of Education is a branch of the government of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.The board supervises individual municipal school systems and directly operates public high schools in Osaka prefecture.-Daito:* Nozaki High School...

:
http://www.city.neyagawa.osaka.jp/sankakokugo/e/e22/e225/e2255.htm

Sister and Friendship cities

Susami
Susami, Wakayama
is a town located in Nishimuro District, Wakayama, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 5,712 and a density of 32.70 persons per km². The total area is 174.70 km².- Trivia :...

, Wakayama Japan
Japan
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 - Friendship city agreement concluded in 1976 Mimasaka
Mimasaka, Okayama
is a city located in Okayama, Japan.It is the result of a merger involving the former town of the same name. The merger took place on March 31, 2005 when the town of Katsuta from Katsuta District, the towns of Aida, Ōhara and Sakutō, and the village Higashiawakura, all from Aida District, were...

, Okayama Japan
Japan
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 - Friendship city agreement concluded in 1991 (with former Ohara
Ohara, Okayama
was a town located in Aida District, Okayama, Japan.On March 31, 2005 Ōhara was merged with the towns of Mimasaka, Aida and Sakutō, the village of Higashiawakura, all from Aida District, and the town of Katsuta, from Katsuta District, to form the new city of Mimasaka.As of 2003, the town had an...

 town) Newport News
Newport News, Virginia
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, Virginia
Virginia
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 United States
United States
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 - Sister city agreement concluded in 1982 Oakville
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...

, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 - Sister city agreement concluded in 1984 Lu Wan District, Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, China
China
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- Friendship city agreement concluded in 1994

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