Wakayama
Ito district
Kōya Chō

Kōya

Kōya is a town located in , , . As of 30 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 2,812, in 1,575 households.
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  • Type: Town with 3,510 residents
  • Description: town in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Koya”, “Koya Town”, “Koya-cho”, “Kōya-chō”, and “Kōya, Wakayama”
  • Postal code: 648-0281
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kongobu-ji and Muryoko-in.

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

Buddhist temple
Muryōkōin is a temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on , Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Its name means "Temple of limitless light" and is the Japanese transliteration of Amitābha.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Koya and Kudoyama.

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

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is a town of 4,000 people in . The town has long been regarded as the gateway to the temples of Mount Koya.

Kōya

Latitude
34.21579° or 34° 12′ 57″ north
Longitude
135.58729° or 135° 35′ 14″ east
Population
3,510
Elevation
793 metres (2,602 feet)
Inception
November 1st, 1928
Open location code
8Q6Q6H8P+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2506691335
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6417596
Wiki­data ID
Q1346907
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kōya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كويا”
  • Armenian: “Կոյա”
  • Asturian: “Kōya”
  • Burmese: “ခိုးယမြို့၊ ဝါခါယာမ”
  • Catalan: “Kōya”
  • Cebuano: “Kōya”
  • Chinese: “高野町”
  • Czech: “Kója”
  • Dutch: “Koya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كويا”
  • Esperanto: “Koja”
  • Finnish: “Kōya”
  • French: “Kōya-chō”
  • French: “Kōya”
  • German: “Koya”
  • German: “Kōya”
  • Hungarian: “Kója”
  • Irish: “Kōya”
  • Italian: “Kōya”
  • Japanese: “Kōya-chō”
  • Japanese: “こうやちょう”
  • Japanese: “高野村”
  • Japanese: “高野町”
  • Korean: “고야 정”
  • Korean: “고야정”
  • Korean: “고야초”
  • Malagasy: “Kōya”
  • Malay: “Kōya, Wakayama”
  • Malay: “Kōya”
  • Persian: “کویا، واکایاما”
  • Persian: “کویا”
  • Polish: “Kōya”
  • Portuguese: “Kōya”
  • Russian: “Коя”
  • Slovenian: “Koja”
  • Slovenian: “Kōya”
  • Spanish: “Kōya”
  • Swedish: “Kōya, Wakayama”
  • Swedish: “Kōya”
  • Tagalog: “Koya, Wakayama”
  • Tagalog: “Koya”
  • Thai: “โคยะ”
  • Turkish: “Koya”
  • Turkish: “Kōya”
  • Ukrainian: “Коя”
  • Vietnamese: “Kōya, Wakayama”
  • Vietnamese: “Kōya”
  • “Kōya”
  • “Kōya-chō”
  • “こうやちょう”
  • “高野町”

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