Iwade

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Iwade

Total population

53,358

Coordinates34.26°, 135.31°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Iwade is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2021, the city had an estimated population of 54,138 in 23906 households and a population density of 1400 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 38.51 square kilometres (14.87 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Naoya Masuda

Japanese baseball player (born 1989)

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Naoki Tatsuta

Japanese voice actor

Michio Kushi

Japanese educator (1926-2014)

Rie Tanaka

Japanese gymnast

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Akiko McCormac

Japanese announcer

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Hiroyuki Inui

Japanese teacher

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Masumi Isegawa

Japanese baseball player (1921-1996)

Kahei Toki

Japanese politician, Mayor of Kyoto

Masaki Sakaguchi

Japanese baseball player

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Michito Miyazaki

Japanese baseball player

Mitsuzō Kishimoto

Japanese politician (1940-2002)

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Takeshi Kishimoto

politician

Ryo Hirai

Japanese baseball player

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Tsutomu Kimura

Japanese baseball player

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Kintaro Sugiyama

Japanese businessman (1875-1973)

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Kazuma Tsuda

Japanese motorcycle racer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wakayama

• Kinokawa
  3.1 mi away · pop. 66,662
• Kimino
  6.1 mi away · pop. 10,150
• Wakayama
  7.7 mi away · pop. 364,154
• Kainan
  9.1 mi away · pop. 48,369
• Katsuragi
  11.4 mi away · pop. 18,254
• Aridagawa
  14.7 mi away · pop. 27,576
• Kudoyama
  15 mi away · pop. 4,861
• Arida
  15.9 mi away · pop. 26,538
• Kōya
  16 mi away · pop. 3,509
• Yuasa
  17.2 mi away · pop. 13,279
• Hirogawa
  17.5 mi away · pop. 7,788
• Hashimoto
  18.2 mi away · pop. 63,621

Browse all places in Wakayama →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Iwade

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Pidorus atratus

Pidorus atratus

Seen 2026-10-07

Chinese Mantis

Tenodera sinensis

Seen 2026-10-06

Dorcus rectus rectus

Dorcus rectus rectus

Seen 2026-10-06

Shore Sexton Beetle

Necrodes littoralis

Seen 2026-10-06

Hierodula patellifera patellifera

Hierodula patellifera patellifera

Seen 2026-10-02

Sinochlora longifissa

Sinochlora longifissa

Seen 2026-10-02

Oriental Stink Bug

Plautia stali

Seen 2026-10-02

Lestes temporalis

Lestes temporalis

Seen 2026-10-02

Japanese Seven Spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata brucki

Seen 2026-10-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers