Kashiba City

Nara Prefecture · City

Kashiba City is a residential city on an alluvial fan at the eastern foot of Mt. Nijo, bordering Osaka Prefecture. Its population grew greatly with developments such as Mamigaoka New Town. It has the Nijosan Museum, which introduces sanukite and other stones taken from Mt. Nijo, and Donzurubo, a Natural Monument of strange rocks.

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Population: 77,374 342nd in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −0.9% 1,489th in Japanfrom 78,113 in 2020
Area: 24.26 km² 1,518th in Japan
Population density: 3,189 people/km² 150th 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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