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Bando City
Ibaraki Prefecture · City
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Bando City is said to be the home base of Taira no Masakado, and historic sites associated with him remain. The city grows many vegetables, such as lettuce and green onions, for the Tokyo area, and tundra swans spend the winter at Sugao Marsh.
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 Ibaraki Prefecture
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