Ibaraki, Osaka

茨木市code: ja is deprecated
茨木市
Special city
Country	Japan
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)

Ibaraki (茨木市code: ja is deprecated , Ibaraki-shi) is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese word Ibaraki means Wild Trees or Thorny trees in English. There is also an Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan.

It has been recognized as a special city since 2001.^[1]

History

The city was founded on January 1, 1948.

Sister and Friendship cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Sister city since 1980
Anqing, Anhui, China - Friendship city since 1985
Shodoshima, Kagawa, Japan - Sister city since 1988

References

↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011), Table 3; retrieved 2012-12-18.

Other websites

Media related to Ibaraki, Osaka at Wikimedia Commons

Ibaraki official website (in Japanese)

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[1] Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011), Table 3; retrieved 2012-12-18.

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