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Nara (奈良市, Nara-shi, ⓘ) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022 [update] , Nara has an estimated population of 367,353 according to World Population Review, making it the largest city in Nara Prefecture and sixth-largest in the Kansai region of Honshu .
Nara is the capital and largest city of Nara Prefecture, with other major cities including Kashihara, Ikoma, and Yamatokōriyama. [5] Nara Prefecture is located in the center of the Kii Peninsula on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast, and is one of only eight landlocked prefectures.
The following table lists the 27 cities, towns and villages in Nara with a population of at least 5,000 on October 1, 2020, according to the 2020 Census. The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census.
8th century - Nara period The imperial residence and the administrative centre in the Japanese capital city Heijō-kyō (today's Nara) for most of the Nara period (710 to 794 AD), Heijō Palace was abandoned after the capital moved to Kyoto in 794. Nothing was left by the 12th century, but archaeological excavations and reconstructions since ...
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Shōsōin documents contribute greatly to the historical research of Japanese political and social systems of the Nara period, and they even can be used to trace the development of the Japanese writing systems (such as katakana). The first authentically Japanese gardens were built in the city of Nara at the end of the eighth century.
Heijō-kyō (平城京, also Heizei-kyō, sometimes Nara no miyako) was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745 to 784. The imperial palace is a listed UNESCO World Heritage together with other places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara).
Nara University, a private university in Misasagi-cho, Nara, Japan; Nara Women's University, a national university in Nara, Japan; Nara period, period of Japanese history, named after the former capital city; Japanese ship Nara, (楢 / なら, "oak"), several Japanese ships; Nara plant (Acanthosicyos horridus), a melon species of the Namib desert