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Country
  
Japan

Prefecture
  
Nara Prefecture

Area
  
86.37 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:47 PM

Region
  
Kansai

Website
  
www.city.tenri.nara.jp

Population
  
66,866 (1 Apr 2015)

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Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

City hall address
  
605 Kawaharajō-chō, Tenri-shi, Nara-ken

Weather
  
13°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 52% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
Tenri University, Tenri Health Care University

Tenri (天理市, Tenri-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954.

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Map of Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan

As of April 1, 2015, the city has an estimate population of 66,866, and 29,169 households. The population density is 800.61 persons per km², and the total area is 86.37 km².

History

Tenri was briefly the capital of Japan during the reign of Emperor Ninken. The life of the Imperial court was centered at Isonokami Hirotaka Palace where the emperor lived in 488–498.

Education

  • Primary schools
  • Senzai Elementary School
  • Idodo Elementary School
  • Yamanobe Elementary School
  • Nikaido Elementary School
  • Tenri Elementary School (Private School)
  • Yanagimoto Elementary School
  • Tanbaichi Elementary School
  • Ichinomoto Elementary School
  • Fukuzumi Elementary School
  • Asawa Elementary School
  • Junior high schools
  • Kita Junior High School
  • Minami Junior High School
  • Fukuzumi Junior High School
  • Nishi Junior High School
  • Tenri Junior High School (Private School)
  • High schools
  • Soekami High School
  • Nikaido High School
  • Tenri High School (Private School)
  • Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School
  • Universities
  • Tenri University

    • Shrines and temples

    The Shinto Isonokami Shrine is in Tenri.

    Rail

    The central station of Tenri is Tenri Station.

  • West Japan Railway Company
  • Sakurai Line (Manyō-Mahoroba Line): Ichinomoto Station - Tenri Station - Nagara Station - Yanagimoto Station
  • Kintetsu Railway
  • Tenri Line: Nikaidō Station - Senzai Station - Tenri Station

    • Road

  • Expressways of Japan
  • Nishi-Meihan Expressway
  • Keinawa Expressway
  • Japan National Route 24
  • Japan National Route 25
  • Japan National Route 169

    • Sister cities

  • Bauru, Brazil
  • La Serena, Chile
  • Seosan, South Korea

    • References

    Tenri, Nara Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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