Hannan

Hannan is a metropolis located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Hannan is bordered with the aid of Sennan City to the northeast and Misaki-cho to the west. It is the vicinity of Pichi pichi seashore, a regionally well-known public park and seashore. It is the southernmost metropolis in Osaka Prefecture, being nearer in distance to Wakayama City than to Osaka town right. Hannan changed into upgraded from a town to a metropolis on 1 October 1991, making it the most recent established town in Osaka Prefecture as of 2010.

As of March 1, 2017, the metropolis has an envisioned population of 55,798 and a populace density of 1,500 folks according to km². The general region is 36.10 km². The fundamental industries in Hannan are business fishing, agriculture and sake manufacturing. The city's mayor is Toshihiro Fukuyama, who has served on account that 12 November 2008. Although the town turned into based in 1991, the villages and wards that make up the metropolis have existed for the reason that Nara period fifth to seventh centuries CE.

Stone gear determined within the region suggest human agreement as a ways again as ten thousand BCE. Along with other cities south of the Yamatogawa river, the city formerly belonged to the pre-cutting-edge Izumi province, strolling from the Nara to Edo periods. Hannan metropolis belongs to the unique Senshu vicinity with its very own dialect and customs. The Senshu dialect is spoken alongside popular Japanese.