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located in Ikoma District,

Nara Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. , the town had an estimated

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of 6,962 in 3584 households, and a

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of 1600 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Located in the northwestern portion of Nara Prefecture, it is a relatively small town situated close to the center of the

Nara Basin The Nara Basin (奈良盆地 ''Nara-bonchi''), also known as the Yamato Basin (大和盆地 ''Yamato-bonchi''), is a valley in the north-western part of Nara Prefecture, Japan. It has an area of roughly . It is surrounded on four sides by mountai ...

. The Tomio River and

Yamato River The is a river that flows through Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is designated Classification of rivers in Japan, Class A by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The river flows via towns: *Nara ...

flow through Ando.

Surrounding municipalities

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* Okaruga * Kawanishi * Kawai

Climate

Ando has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ando is 14.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1636 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C.Ando climate: Average Temperature, weather by month
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Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Ando is as shown below

History

The area of Ando was part of ancient

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. The village of Ando was established on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system. On September 30, 1986, Ando was elevated to town status.

Government

Ando has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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town council of eight members. Ando, collectively with the other municipalities of Ikoma District, contributes two members to the Nara Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the

Nara 2nd district Nara 2nd district (奈良2区 ''Nara ni-ku'', more formally 奈良県第2区 ''Nara-ken dai-ni-ku'') is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan, located in Nara Prefecture ...

of the

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of the

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Economy

The local economy is based on agriculture and light manufacturing.

Education

Ando has one public elementary school and one public junior high schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railways

The

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...

(JR West)

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(

Yamatoji Line The is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line in Japan. The line is owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It starts at Kamo Station (Kyoto), Kamo Station in Kyoto Prefecture and ends at JR Namba Stat ...

) runs through the town, but there is no train station. The nearest train station is Horyuji Station in neighboring Ikaruga.

Highways

Nishi-Meihan Expressway is a national expressway in the Kinki region of Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company. Naming Meihan is a kanji acronym of two characters. The first character represents Nagoya (名古屋) and the second charact ...

Local attractions

* Ando Cultural Museum * Headquarters * Tomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum * Nakake House

References

External links

* * Towns in Nara Prefecture {{Nara-geo-stub