Tenkawa

Tenkawa is a village located in , , Japan. 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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  • Type: Village with 1,430 residents
  • Description: village in Yoshino district, Nara prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Tenkawa, Nara”
  • Postal code: 638-0392

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tenkawa Daibenzaiten-sha and Tsuzurao Dam.

Shinto shrine
Photo: Tamago Moffle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Shinto shrine.

Dam
is a concrete gravity dam located in Nara prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 120.4 km2.

Tenkawa

Latitude
34.2191° or 34° 13′ 9″ north
Longitude
135.8584° or 135° 51′ 30″ east
Population
1,430
Elevation
608 metres (1,995 feet)
Open location code
8Q6Q6V95+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2459090671
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1850407
Wiki­data ID
Q1203501
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Satellite Map

Discover Tenkawa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tenkawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تينكاوا”
  • Armenian: “Տենկավա”
  • Catalan: “Tenkawa”
  • Cebuano: “Tenkawa-mura”
  • Chinese: “天川村”
  • Czech: “Tenkawa”
  • Dutch: “Tenkawa”
  • French: “Tenkawa”
  • German: “Tenkawa”
  • Hungarian: “Tenkava”
  • Irish: “Tenkawa”
  • Italian: “Tenkawa”
  • Japanese: “Tenkawa-mura”
  • Japanese: “てんかわむら”
  • Japanese: “天川村”
  • Korean: “덴카와무라”
  • Korean: “덴카와촌”
  • Persian: “تنکاوا”
  • Polish: “Tenkawa”
  • Portuguese: “Tenkawa”
  • Russian: “Тенкава”
  • Russian: “Тэнкава”
  • Slovenian: “Tenkava”
  • Slovenian: “Tenkawa”
  • Spanish: “Tenkawa”
  • Tagalog: “Tenkawa, Nara”
  • Tagalog: “Tenkawa”
  • Thai: “เท็งกาวะ”
  • Turkish: “Tenkawa-mura”
  • Turkish: “Tenkawa”
  • Ukrainian: “Тенкава”
  • Urdu: “ٹینکاوا، نارا”

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