Ito district

Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of located in the of . Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 and a geographic area of 4,724 square kilometres.
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  • Type: County with 20,800 residents
  • Description: district in Wakayama prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Ito County” and “Ito District, Wakayama

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kongobu-ji and Kōyasan Station.

Buddhist temple
Kongōbu-ji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Kōyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on , , . Its name means Temple of the Diamond Mountain Peak.

Railway station
is a passenger railway station in the town of , Ito District, , , operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.

Museum
Kōyasan Reihōkan is an art museum on Kōya-san, , , preserving and displaying Buddhist art owned by temples on Kōya-san. The collection is centered around articles from the Heian and Kamakura periods and includes paintings, calligraphy, sutras, sculpture and Buddhist ritual objects.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Koya and Kōya.

Mount Kōya is a mountain in Wakayama prefecture to the south of , , primarily known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.

Town
is a town located in Ito District, , . As of 30 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 2,812, in 1,575 households.

Ito district

Latitude
34.215° or 34° 12′ 54″ north
Longitude
135.5584° or 135° 33′ 30″ east
Population
20,800
Elevation
469 metres (1,539 feet)
Inception
January 20th, 1879
Open location code
8Q6Q6H75+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2489558575
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1861287
Wiki­data ID
Q1131309
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Satellite Map

Discover Ito district from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ito district” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة إيتو
  • Belarusian: Іто
  • Catalan: districte d’Ito
  • Cebuano: Ito-gun
  • Chinese: 伊都郡
  • Dutch: District Ito
  • Dutch: Ito District
  • Dutch: Ito
  • Esperanto: distrikto Ito
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Ito
  • French: district d’Ito
  • French: District d’Ito
  • French: Ito-gun
  • French: Ito
  • German: Ito-gun
  • German: Ito
  • Hungarian: Ito körzet
  • Indonesian: Distrik Ito, Wakayama
  • Indonesian: Distrik Ito
  • Italian: distretto di Ito
  • Italian: Distretto di Ito
  • Japanese: Ito-gun
  • Japanese: いとぐん
  • Japanese: 伊都郡
  • Korean: 이토군
  • Low German: Ito-gun
  • Low German: Ito
  • Polish: Powiat Ito
  • Portuguese: distrito de Ito
  • Portuguese: Distrito de Ito
  • Russian: Округ Ито
  • Spanish: distrito de Ito
  • Spanish: Distrito de Ito
  • Thai: อำเภออิโตะ
  • Vietnamese: Ito (huyện)

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hosokawa and Hanasaka.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Benten and 弁天公園.

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