Kawachi Town

Ibaraki Prefecture · Town

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Kawachi Town is a rural town at the southern tip of Ibaraki Prefecture, between the Tone River and the Shin-Tone River. Almost all of the town is land that was reclaimed before or during the Edo period, and the Joso Bridge connects it with Chiba Prefecture on the opposite bank.

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Population: 7,149 1,287th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −13.1% 173rd in Japanfrom 8,231 in 2020
Area: 44.30 km² 1,336th in Japan
Population density: 161 people/km² 910th 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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