Awara

Awara is a city located in , Japan. As of 9 December 2025, the city had an estimated population of 26,024 in 10,571 households and the population density of 222 persons per km2.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: City with 29,500 residents
  • Description: city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Awara Shi” and “Awara, Fukui”
  • Postal code: 919-0692
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Awaraonsen Station and Eigu-ji Temple.

Railway station
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is a railway station on the…

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

Railway station
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Honjō Station is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sakai.

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is a city located in , Japan.

Awara

Latitude
36.21139° or 36° 12′ 41″ north
Longitude
136.22916° or 136° 13′ 45″ east
Population
29,500
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8Q8R666H+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1891438250
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1864894
Wiki­data ID
Q538623
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Awara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوارا، فوكوي”
  • Arabic: “أوارا”
  • Armenian: “Ավարա (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Ավարա”
  • Asturian: “Awara”
  • Bengali: “আওয়ারা”
  • Catalan: “Awara”
  • Cebuano: “Awara”
  • Chechen: “Авара (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Авара”
  • Chinese: “芦原市”
  • Chinese: “蘆原市”
  • Czech: “Awara”
  • Danish: “Awara”
  • Dutch: “Awara”
  • Finnish: “Awara”
  • French: “Awara”
  • Galician: “Awara”
  • Georgian: “ავარა”
  • German: “Awara”
  • Gorontalo: “Awara, Fukui”
  • Gorontalo: “Awara,Fukui”
  • Greek: “Αβάρα”
  • Gujarati: “આવરા”
  • Hindi: “आवारा”
  • Hungarian: “Avara”
  • Indonesian: “Awara, Fukui”
  • Indonesian: “Awara”
  • Irish: “Awara”
  • Italian: “Awara”
  • Japanese: “Awara-shi”
  • Japanese: “あわら”
  • Japanese: “あわらし”
  • Japanese: “あわら市”
  • Kannada: “ಅವಾರ”
  • Korean: “아와라 시”
  • Korean: “아와라시”
  • Latvian: “Avara”
  • Literary Chinese: “蘆原市”
  • Lithuanian: “Avara”
  • Malay: “Awara”
  • Marathi: “आवरा”
  • Mazanderani: “آوارا، فوکوئی”
  • Mazanderani: “آوارا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Awara-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Awara”
  • Persian: “آوارا، فوکوئی”
  • Persian: “آوارا”
  • Polish: “Awara”
  • Portuguese: “Awara”
  • Romanian: “Awara”
  • Russian: “Авара”
  • Sinhala: “අවරා”
  • Slovak: “Awara”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آوارا، فوکوئی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آوارا”
  • Spanish: “Awara”
  • Swedish: “Awara”
  • Tagalog: “Awara, Fukui”
  • Tagalog: “Awara”
  • Tamil: “ஆவாரா”
  • Tatar: “Авара”
  • Telugu: “ఆవారా”
  • Thai: “อาวาระ”
  • Turkish: “Awara”
  • Ukrainian: “Авара”
  • Urdu: “اوارا، فوکوئی”
  • Uzbek: “Awara”
  • Vietnamese: “Awara, Fukui”
  • Vietnamese: “Awara”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Awara, Fukui”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Awara”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘆原”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Awara City Hall and 新区本陣.

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