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Yamatotakada City
Nara Prefecture · City
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Yamatotakada City is in the central west of the Nara Basin and has the highest population density in the prefecture. In the Edo period it prospered as a market town through cotton growing, and in modern times spinning mills made it a center of the textile industry. In the northwest is Tsukiyama Kofun, the southern end of the Umami Kofun Cluster.
Key facts
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
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Nara Prefecture
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