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• City Mark
• The mark was adapted in April, 1954. It is symbolized by Katakana letters of ‘タ', ‘カ' and ‘ラ', which means ‘treasure'.
  It signifies the state of Takarazuka City, the two areas of which, being divided by Muko River, hold hands across the river for cooperation.
• City Flower
• Violets
• City Trees
• sasanqua, Japanese dogwoods (cornus kousa)
• City Birds
• Japanese bush warblers, Japanese wagtails
• Honorary Citizens
• Late Osamu Tezuka, Cartoonist
• Yachiyo Kasugano, a Board Member of the Takarazuka Review Company
• Sister cities
• Matsue City of Shimane Prefecture (tourism sister city)
• Augusta Richmond County in Georgia, U.S.A. (sister city)
• No. 9 Ward of Vienna City, Austria (sister city)
• Melville City, West Australia, Australia (for the international educational exchange)

• Charters / Declarations
• Declaration of Peace City June, 1962
• Citizens' Charter May, 1969
• Nuclear-free Peace City March, 1989
• Gender Equality City October, 1994
• Respect for Human Rights City March, 1996
• Environment Conscious City September, 1996
• Healthy City September, 1998
• Location
• Long. 135°21'39” E
• Lat. 34°48'00” N
• (Location of the city hall in 1-1, Toyo-cho)
• Above sea-level
• Highest point 571.4m (19, Aza Nishiyama, Obayashi)
• Lowest point 19.1 m (4-80, Takatsukasa)
• City Area
• 101.89 km2 (12.8 km from east to west, 21.1 km from south to north)
• Estimated Population
• 220,177 (men: 103,473/ women: 116,704) as of May, 2006
• Number of Households
• 86,206 as of May, 2006
• Number of business institutions
• Restaurants, retail and wholesale institutions 2,399
• Service dealers 1,759
• Real estate agents 383
• Construction companies 370
• Manufacturers 176
• Transportation and communication 95
• Financial and insurance 65
• Public affairs 33
• Agriculture 11
• Electricity, gas, heat supply and waterworks 9

Initial Budget Amount of the year 2006

General account

\ 65.6 billion

Special account

\ 46,017,000,000

Corporate account

approx. \ 28,547,070,000

Total amount

approx. \ 140,164,070,000

Breakdown of corporate account

Water service

approx. \ 8,374,370,000

Hospitals

approx. \ 12,361,400,000

Sewage system

approx. \ 7,811,300,000

Breakdown of income/expenses of general account of the year 2006

Transition of population and number of households according to the national census

Year	Population	Men	Women	No. of households
1955	55,084	26,571	28,513	12,167
1960	66,491	32,275	34,216	16,013
1965	91,486	45,095	46,391	23,438
1970	127,179	62,620	64,559	35,378
1975	162,624	80,326	82,298	47,083
1980	183,628	89,217	94,411	58,300
1985	194,273	93,781	100,492	62,586
1990	201,862	96,806	105,056	67,922
1995	202,544	96,581	105,963	71,363
2000	213,037	100,740	112,297	79,131
2005	219,853	103,485	116,368	85,234

Number of public facilities

• Child care centers 21
• Kindergartens 26
• Primary schools 26
• Junior high schools 14
• School for the handicapped people 1
• Senior high schools 7
• Universities 2
• Hospitals 6
• Clinics 302
• Special nursing homes 8 (total enrollment limit: 658)
• Nursing homes 1 (enrollment limit: 50)
• Care houses 2 (total enrollment limit: 140)
• Health care facilities for elderly people 4 (total enrollment limit: 424)
• Day-care institutions 28
• Comprehensive local assistance centers 3
• Home care assistance centers 9
• Welfare facilities for elderly people 2
• Large-scale children's center 1
• Local children's centers 5
• Community halls 3
• Libraries 2
• Gymnasiums 2
• Urban parks 271 (average area of 3.93 m2 per resident)

Number of tourists/visitors to museums, etc.

• The Takarazuka Review (Takarazuka Main Theater) 1,067,000
• Takarazuka Garden Fields 331,000
• The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum 141,000
• Aiai Park (gardening promotion facility) 588,000
• Kiyoshikojin Seichouji Temple 3,320,000
• Nakayama-dera Temple 1,391,000
• Takarazuka Tourism Fireworks Exhibition 85,000

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