Sakurai

Sakurai is a city located in , 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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  • Type: City with 60,000 residents
  • Description: city in Nara Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Sakurai, Nara”, “Sakuri”, “桜井村”, and “桜井町”
  • Postal code: 633-8585
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ōmiwa Shrine and Mount Miwa.

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, also known as Miwa Shrine, is a Shinto…

Peak
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or Mount Mimoro is a mountain located in the city of Sakurai, , .

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The Hashihaka kofun is a megalithic tomb located in Sakurai, , Japan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kashihara and Asuka.

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is a city located in , Japan.

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refers to the south-eastern part of Nara Basin…

Town
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is a town located in , , Japan.

Sakurai

Latitude
34.5186° or 34° 31′ 7″ north
Longitude
135.8435° or 135° 50′ 37″ east
Population
60,000
Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QGR9V+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2477728376
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1853066
Wiki­data ID
Q127026
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sakurai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساكوراي”
  • Asturian: “Sakurai”
  • Bengali: “সাঁকুরাই”
  • Catalan: “Sakurai”
  • Cebuano: “Sakurai-shi”
  • Chechen: “Сакураи”
  • Chinese: “樱井市”
  • Chinese: “櫻井市”
  • Czech: “Sakurai”
  • Danish: “Sakurai”
  • Dutch: “Sakurai”
  • Finnish: “Sakurai”
  • French: “Sakurai”
  • Galician: “Sakurai”
  • German: “Sakurai”
  • Greek: “Σακουράι”
  • Gujarati: “સકુરાઇ”
  • Hebrew: “סאקורי”
  • Hindi: “साकुराई”
  • Hungarian: “Szakurai”
  • Indonesian: “Sakurai, Nara”
  • Indonesian: “Sakurai”
  • Irish: “Sakurai”
  • Italian: “Sakurai”
  • Japanese: “Sakurai-shi”
  • Japanese: “さくらいし”
  • Japanese: “桜井”
  • Japanese: “桜井市”
  • Kannada: “ಸಕುರೈ”
  • Korean: “사쿠라이 시”
  • Korean: “사쿠라이시”
  • Latvian: “Sakuraja”
  • Literary Chinese: “櫻井市”
  • Lithuanian: “Sakurajus”
  • Malagasy: “Sakurai”
  • Malay: “Sakurai”
  • Marathi: “सकुराई”
  • Mazanderani: “ساکورای، نارا”
  • Mazanderani: “ساکورای”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sakurai-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sakurai”
  • Persian: “ساکورای، نارا”
  • Persian: “ساکورای”
  • Polish: “Sakurai”
  • Portuguese: “Sakurai”
  • Romanian: “Sakurai”
  • Russian: “Сакураи”
  • Scots: “Sakurai, Nara”
  • Scots: “Sakurai”
  • Sinhala: “සකුරායි”
  • Slovak: “Sakurai”
  • Slovenian: “Sakuraj”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساکورای، نارا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ساکورای”
  • Spanish: “Sakurai”
  • Swedish: “Sakurai, Nara”
  • Swedish: “Sakurai”
  • Tagalog: “Sakurai, Nara”
  • Tagalog: “Sakurai”
  • Tajik: “Сакураи”
  • Tamil: “சகுராய்”
  • Tatar: “Сакураи”
  • Telugu: “సకురై”
  • Thai: “ซากูราอิ”
  • Turkish: “Sakurai”
  • Ukrainian: “Сакурай”
  • Urdu: “ساکورائی، نارا”
  • Urdu: “ساکورای”
  • Vietnamese: “Sakurai, Nara”
  • Vietnamese: “Sakurai”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sakurai, Nara”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sakurai”
  • Yue Chinese: “櫻井”

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