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Arida City
Wakayama Prefecture · City
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Arida City faces the Kii Channel at the mouth of the Arida River. It is the home of "Arida mikan," said to have begun when seedlings were brought from Higo in the Tensho era, and it is also the birthplace of the mosquito coil. The Kumano Kodo passes through the east of the city, and Jinoshima and Okinoshima islands lie offshore.
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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Places to visit
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Wakayama Prefecture
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