Nachikatsuura Town

Wakayama Prefecture · Town

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Nachikatsuura Town is in the Kumano area of the World Heritage "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range." The view of Nachi Falls, falling in a single stream, together with Kumano Nachi Taisha and the three-story pagoda of Seiganto-ji Temple, is the most representative scene of Kumano. Katsuura is the best port in Nanki and is known for landings of fresh tuna, and Nanki-Katsuura Onsen also springs here.

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Population: 12,725 1,082nd in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −10.0% 489th in Japanfrom 14,137 in 2020
Area: 183 km² 681st in Japan
Population density: 69 people/km² 1,181st 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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Yoshino-Kumano National ParkTotal park area 616 km²Spans Mie, Nara, Wakayama

Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks

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