Kawanishi City

Hyogo Prefecture · City

Kawanishi City is a residential city in the northern Hanshin area, bordering Osaka Prefecture. It is the birthplace of the Seiwa Genji clan, where Minamoto no Mitsunaka founded Tada-in, and the Genji Festival is held at Tada Shrine. The remains of the Tada silver and copper mines, which prospered in the Edo period, and the birthplace of "Hirano water," which later became Mitsuya Cider, are also in the city.

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Population: 149,531 178th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −1.8% 1,419th in Japanfrom 152,321 in 2020
Area: 53.44 km² 1,267th in Japan
Population density: 2,798 people/km² 172nd in Japan

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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