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Nara

Nara Prefecture is a prefecture of located in the of . As of 2020, Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of 3,691 square kilometres.
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is an ancient capital city in Prefecture, region of . Overshadowed by its more famous neighbor , is omitted from many a time-pressed tourist's itinerary.

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

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is a city located in Nara Prefecture, . As of 1 October 2024, the city had an estimated population of 118,674 in 56,013 households, and a population density of 3000 persons per km2.

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is a city in the northwestern end of Nara Prefecture in the of . It was founded on November 1, 1971. As of September 1, 2023, the city has an estimated population of 117,259, with 51,478 households.

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is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2024, the city had an estimated population of 54,384 in 25678 households, and a population density of 550 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 98.91 km2.

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is a city located in northeastern Nara Prefecture, . As of 1 October 2024, the city had an estimated population of 26,814 in 12647 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 247.50 km2.

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is a town located in , Nara Prefecture, . As of 30 September 2024, the town had an estimated population of 5,874 in 2997 households, and a population density of 61 persons per km2.

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refers to the south-eastern part of Nara Basin, which mostly overlaps with contemporary Village, in Nara Prefecture.

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is a village located in , Nara Prefecture, . As of 1 January 2025, the village had an estimated population of 1,031 and a population density of 5.9 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 175.66 km2.

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This is an itinerary in Nara, covering as many World Heritage Sites as possible with the discount three day pass, arriving from and leaving to /.

Nara

Latitude of center
34.6853° or 34° 41′ 7″ north
Longitude of center
135.8329° or 135° 49′ 58″ east
Population
1,320,000
Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)
Geo­Names ID
1855608
Wiki­data ID
Q131287
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Nara” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Prefektur Nara”
  • Afrikaans: “Nara Prefektuur”
  • Afrikaans: “Nara-prefektuur”
  • Arabic: “محافظة نارا”
  • Arabic: “نارا”
  • Armenian: “Նարա պրեֆեկտուրա”
  • Armenian: “Նարա”
  • Asturian: “Nara (prefeutura)”
  • Asturian: “Nara (Xapón)”
  • Asturian: “Nara”
  • Asturian: “prefeutura de Nara”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nara prefekturası”
  • Balinese: “Préféktur Nara”
  • Bashkir: “Нара (префектура)”
  • Bashkir: “Нара”
  • Basque: “Nara”
  • Belarusian: “Нара (прэфектура)”
  • Belarusian: “Нара”
  • Belarusian: “прэфектура Нара”
  • Bengali: “নারা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Нара”
  • Burmese: “နာရစီရင်စု”
  • Catalan: “prefectura de Nara”
  • Catalan: “Prefectura de Nara”
  • Cebuano: “Nara-ken”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای نارا”
  • Central Kurdish: “نارا”
  • Chechen: “Нара (префектура)”
  • Chechen: “Нара”
  • Chinese: “Nara-koān”
  • Chinese: “奈良”
  • Chinese: “奈良县”
  • Chinese: “奈良縣”
  • Croatian: “Nara”
  • Czech: “Prefektura Nara”
  • Danish: “Nara-præfekturet”
  • Dutch: “Nara”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Nara”
  • Esperanto: “JP-29”
  • Esperanto: “Nara-prefektujo”
  • Esperanto: “Nara”
  • Esperanto: “prefektujo Nara”
  • Estonian: “Nara prefektuur”
  • Finnish: “Naran prefektuuri”
  • French: “Nara”
  • French: “préfecture de Nara”
  • French: “Préfecture de Nara”
  • Galician: “Prefectura de Nara”
  • Georgian: “ნარის პრეფექტურა”
  • German: “JP-29”
  • German: “Nara-ken”
  • German: “Nara”
  • German: “Präfektur Nara”
  • Greek: “Νάρα”
  • Gujarati: “નારા પ્રીફેક્ચર”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nara-yen”
  • Hebrew: “נארה”
  • Hindi: “नारा प्रीफेक्चर”
  • Hungarian: “Nara prefektúra”
  • Iloko: “Nara”
  • Iloko: “Prepektura ti Nara”
  • Indonesian: “Nara”
  • Indonesian: “Prefektur Nara”
  • Irish: “Maoracht Nara”
  • Italian: “prefettura di Nara”
  • Italian: “Prefettura di Nara”
  • Japanese: “ならけん”
  • Japanese: “奈良”
  • Japanese: “奈良県”
  • Javanese: “Prefektur Nara”
  • Javanese: “Préfèktur Nara”
  • Kannada: “ನಾರಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តណារ៉ា”
  • Khmer: “ណារ៉ា(ខេត្ត)”
  • Khmer: “អាណាខេត្ត ណារ៉ា”
  • Khmer: “អាណាខេត្តណារ៉ា”
  • Korean: “나라 현”
  • Korean: “나라현”
  • Korean: “내량현”
  • Latin: “Nara”
  • Latin: “Naraënsis”
  • Latvian: “Naras prefektūra”
  • Literary Chinese: “奈良縣”
  • Lithuanian: “Nara prefektūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Naros prefektūra”
  • Macedonian: “Нара”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Nara”
  • Manipuri: “ꯅꯥꯔꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ”
  • Marathi: “नारा प्रांत”
  • Marathi: “नारा”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nara-gâing”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nara Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nara-koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nara-kōan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nara (Prefektüür)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nara”
  • Northern Sami: “Nara prefektuvra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nara prefektur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nara prefektur”
  • Norwegian: “Nara”
  • Ossetian: “Нарæ (префектурæ)”
  • Ossetian: “Нарæ”
  • Pampanga: “Nara Prefecture”
  • Pampanga: “Prepektura ning Nara”
  • Persian: “استان نارا”
  • Polish: “Prefektura Nara”
  • Portuguese: “Nara”
  • Romanian: “Nara”
  • Romanian: “Prefectura Nara”
  • Russian: “Нара”
  • Samogitian: “Naras prefektūra”
  • Scots: “Nara Prefectur”
  • Serbian: “Prefektura Nara”
  • Serbian: “Нара”
  • Serbian: “Префектура Нара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nara”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Nara”
  • Sindhi: “نارا پريفيڪچر”
  • Sinhala: “නාරා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Nara”
  • Slovenian: “Prefektura Nara”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نارا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Nara Japon”
  • Spanish: “Nara Japón”
  • Spanish: “Nara Prefecture”
  • Spanish: “Nara”
  • Spanish: “Prefectura de Nara”
  • Sundanese: “Nara Prefecture”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Nara”
  • Swedish: “Nara prefektur”
  • Swedish: “Nara”
  • Tagalog: “Nara Prefecture”
  • Tagalog: “Prepektura ng Nara”
  • Tagalog: “Prepekturang Nara”
  • Tajik: “Prefekturai Nara”
  • Tajik: “Префектураи Нара”
  • Tamil: “நாரா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே”
  • Tamil: “நாரா மாநிலம்”
  • Tatar: “Нара (префектура)”
  • Tatar: “Нара”
  • Telugu: “నారా ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดนาระ”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดนารา”
  • Turkish: “Nara prefektörlüğü”
  • Turkish: “Nara”
  • Ukrainian: “Нара”
  • Ukrainian: “Префектура Нара”
  • Urdu: “نارا پریفیکچر”
  • Vietnamese: “Nại Lương”
  • Vietnamese: “Nara”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Nara”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nara Prefecture”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nara”
  • Welsh: “Nara-ken”
  • Welsh: “Nara”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع نارا”
  • Wu Chinese: “奈良县”
  • Yue Chinese: “奈良”
  • Yue Chinese: “奈良縣”
  • “Naras prefektūra”

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