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Kinokawa City
Wakayama Prefecture · City
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Kinokawa City is a fruit-growing area between the Izumi Mountains and the Kii Mountains, with the Kinokawa River flowing east to west, and growing peaches, strawberries and hassaku citrus is so active that it is called a "fruit kingdom." It has Kokawa-dera Temple, No. 3 of the Saigoku pilgrimage, the site of Kii Kokubun-ji Temple and Seishu no Sato, honoring Hanaoka Seishu, who performed the world's first surgery under general anesthesia.
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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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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Wakayama Prefecture
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