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387:located in
154: /
1899:Categories
1712:Hidakagawa
1414:References
1396:Kongōbu-ji
1391:Mount Kōya
1308:Kii-Kamiya
1236:unicameral
1226:Government
1220:Mount Kōya
963:(≥ 1.0 mm)
486:Mount Kōya
425:Mount Koya
401:population
237:Population
211:Government
188:Prefecture
51:Mount Kōya
1815:Shirahama
1810:Kamitonda
1776:Katsuragi
1754:Kushimoto
1685:Aridagawa
1673:Districts
1639:Hashimoto
1593:Core city
1263:Education
444:Katsuragi
439:Hashimoto
419:Geography
264:UTC+09:00
259:Time zone
1786:Kudoyama
1749:Kozagawa
1744:Kitayama
1690:Hirogawa
1654:Kinokawa
1601:Wakayama
1578:Wakayama
1483:March 4,
1456:March 4,
1343:Highways
1055:Source:
1050:1,582.3
956:(78.86)
926:(10.09)
921:(10.25)
887:Average
473:(Köppen
459:Nosegawa
449:Kudoyama
411:sect of
378:Kōya-chō
200:District
193:Wakayama
142:135°35′E
1583:capital
1337:Kōyasan
1284:Railway
1254:Economy
1246:of the
1206:History
954:2,003.1
951:(3.52)
946:(4.27)
941:(8.00)
936:(9.74)
931:(7.58)
916:(6.56)
911:(5.57)
906:(5.58)
901:(3.83)
896:(3.45)
877:(14.0)
872:(23.0)
867:(29.3)
862:(41.0)
857:(53.2)
852:(49.8)
847:(38.1)
842:(29.5)
837:(22.8)
832:(15.1)
812:(44.1)
807:(29.1)
802:(37.4)
797:(48.4)
792:(59.5)
787:(65.8)
782:(65.1)
777:(57.2)
772:(48.0)
767:(38.7)
762:(30.2)
757:(25.2)
752:(24.8)
742:(51.9)
737:(36.0)
732:(45.5)
727:(55.8)
722:(66.4)
717:(73.0)
712:(71.8)
707:(64.6)
702:(57.9)
697:(48.9)
692:(39.2)
687:(32.7)
682:(31.5)
672:(60.5)
667:(43.3)
662:(54.0)
657:(64.0)
652:(74.7)
647:(82.0)
642:(79.9)
637:(73.0)
632:(68.2)
627:(59.2)
622:(48.6)
617:(40.6)
612:(38.1)
602:(92.7)
597:(67.5)
592:(72.0)
587:(81.0)
582:(88.0)
577:(91.8)
572:(92.7)
567:(87.4)
562:(85.3)
557:(79.7)
552:(67.8)
547:(64.2)
542:(59.2)
475:Dfa/Cfa
465:Climate
409:Shingon
317:Symbols
299:Website
284:Climate
167:Country
139:34°13′N
1820:Susami
1798:Kimino
1727:Minabe
1722:Mihama
1707:Hidaka
1664:Tanabe
1659:Shingū
1649:Kainan
1622:Cities
1199:−25.7%
1188:−19.0%
1155:−18.4%
1111:+15.9%
1108:10,821
1044:115.6
1041:130.6
1038:124.7
1035:166.8
1032:146.1
1029:124.9
1026:185.5
1023:176.5
1020:138.5
1003:137.6
882:(7.9)
827:(7.9)
822:(9.0)
493:Month
326:Flower
181:Kansai
176:Region
77:Emblem
1764:Taiji
1717:Inami
1695:Yuasa
1644:Iwade
1629:Arida
1196:3,979
1193:2010
1185:5,355
1182:2000
1177:−9.8%
1174:6,611
1171:1990
1166:−3.7%
1163:7,326
1160:1980
1152:7,604
1149:1970
1144:−4.7%
1141:9,324
1138:1960
1133:−1.9%
1130:9,786
1127:1950
1122:−7.8%
1119:9,973
1116:1940
1105:1930
1097:9,339
1094:1920
1047:93.0
1017:96.7
1014:82.9
1000:11.4
994:11.2
991:11.7
988:10.9
985:12.7
982:13.7
979:10.7
976:11.2
973:12.6
970:11.1
967:11.7
944:108.4
939:203.3
934:247.5
929:192.5
924:256.4
919:260.3
914:166.6
909:141.5
904:141.7
880:−13.4
875:−10.0
825:−13.4
820:−12.8
532:Year
397:Japan
383:is a
245:2,812
170:Japan
1856:stub
1781:Kōya
1732:Yura
1634:Gobō
1485:2022
1458:2022
1083:Pop.
1079:Year
997:8.7
949:89.3
899:97.4
894:87.6
870:−5.0
865:−1.5
855:11.8
840:−1.4
835:−5.1
830:−9.4
805:−1.6
790:15.3
785:18.8
780:18.4
775:14.0
760:−1.0
755:−3.8
750:−4.0
740:11.1
725:13.2
720:19.1
715:22.8
710:22.1
705:18.1
700:14.4
680:−0.3
670:15.8
660:12.2
655:17.8
650:23.7
645:27.8
640:26.6
635:22.8
630:20.1
625:15.1
600:33.7
595:19.7
590:22.2
585:27.2
580:31.1
575:33.2
570:33.7
565:30.8
560:29.6
555:26.5
550:19.9
545:17.9
540:15.1
529:Dec
526:Nov
523:Oct
520:Sep
517:Aug
514:Jul
511:Jun
508:May
505:Apr
502:Mar
499:Feb
496:Jan
385:town
366:Kōya
336:Tree
224:Area
117:Kōya
67:Flag
36:Town
23:Kōya
1478:JMA
1451:JMA
1250:.
860:5.0
850:9.9
845:3.4
810:6.7
800:3.0
795:9.1
770:8.9
765:3.7
735:2.2
730:7.5
695:9.4
690:4.0
685:0.4
665:6.3
620:9.2
615:4.8
610:3.4
372:高野町
293:Dfa
289:Cfa
268:JST
205:Ito
27:高野町
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