Oji Town

Nara Prefecture · Town

Oji Town is on the lowest land in the prefecture, just before the Yamato River flows into Osaka Prefecture. Oji Station, where the JR Kansai Main Line and Wakayama Line and the Kintetsu Ikoma Line and Tawaramoto Line meet, is the transport hub of the northwest of the prefecture, and the town developed as a commuter town for Osaka. It has Daruma-ji Temple, connected with Prince Shotoku.

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Population: 23,396 842nd in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −2.7% 1,314th in Japanfrom 24,043 in 2020
Area: 7.01 km² 1,717th in Japan
Population density: 3,338 people/km² 141st 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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Kashiba City
Kashiwara CityOsaka

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