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Kawai

Kawai is a town located in Kitakatsuragi District, , . As of 30 September 2024, the town had an estimated population of 16,636 in 7968 households, and a population density of 2000 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 8.23 km2.
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  • Type: Town with 17,900 residents
  • Description: town in Kitakatsuragi district, Nara prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kawai Cho” and “Kawai, Nara”
  • Postal code: 636-8501

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horyuji and Hōryūji Station.

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Hōryūji is a large Buddhist temple complex situated in Ikaruga Town, Nara Prefecture in region of .

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the town of , , . It is operated by West Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kawai, , Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Kintetsu Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ikaruga and Koryo.

Town
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is a town in , Japan. As of 31 December 2024, the town had an estimated population of 28,036 in 12,292 households, and a population density of 2000 persons per km2.

Town
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Kōryō is a town located in Kitakatsuragi District, , . As of 30 November 2024, the town had an estimated population of 35,035 in 14106 households, and a population density of 2100 persons per km2. is situated 4 km south of Kawai.

Town
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Ōji is a town located in Kitakatsuragi District, , . As of 31 October 2024, the town had an estimated population of 23,706 in 10789 households, and a population density of 3400 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 7.01 km2. is situated 3½ km northwest of Kawai.

Kawai

Latitude
34.5783° or 34° 34′ 42″ north
Longitude
135.737° or 135° 44′ 13″ east
Population
17,900
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QHPHP+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2479772279
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7412218
Wiki­data ID
Q1203880
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kawai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاواي”
  • Armenian: “Կավաի”
  • Asturian: “Kawai”
  • Burmese: “ခဝအိမြို့၊ နာရ”
  • Catalan: “Kawai”
  • Cebuano: “Kawai Chō”
  • Chinese: “河合町”
  • Czech: “Kawai”
  • Dutch: “Kawai”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاواى”
  • French: “Kawai”
  • German: “Kawai”
  • Hungarian: “Kavai”
  • Irish: “Kawai”
  • Italian: “Kawai”
  • Japanese: “Kawai-chō”
  • Japanese: “かわいちょう”
  • Japanese: “カワイチョウ”
  • Japanese: “河合村”
  • Japanese: “河合町”
  • Korean: “가와이정”
  • Korean: “가와이초”
  • Malay: “Kawai, Nara”
  • Malay: “Kawai”
  • Persian: “کاوای، نارا”
  • Persian: “کاوای”
  • Polish: “Kawai”
  • Portuguese: “Kawai”
  • Russian: “Каваи”
  • Spanish: “Kawai”
  • Swedish: “Kawai, Nara”
  • Swedish: “Kawai”
  • Tagalog: “Kawai, Nara”
  • Tagalog: “Kawai”
  • Thai: “คาวาอิ”
  • Turkish: “Kawai”
  • Ukrainian: “Каваї”
  • Ukrainian: “Кавай”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kawai”. Photo: Kansai explorer, CC BY 3.0.