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Shijonawate City
Osaka Prefecture · City
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Shijonawate City, in Kitakawachi, is two-thirds covered by the Ikoma Mountains, and the Tawara area in the east is the only part of the prefecture on the east side of the Ikoma Mountains. Shijonawate Shrine, which enshrines Kusunoki Masatsura, who died in the Battle of Shijonawate in the Nanboku-cho period, is well known. The mountain side is in Kongo-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park and offers hiking.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Osaka Prefecture
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