🇯🇵 Tondabayashi (富田林市) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The total area of the city is 39.72 square km (15.34 sq mi).
1Geography Tondabayashi is located in the south-eastern part of Osaka Prefecture.The north-eastern part of the city is flat, and the Ishikawa River passes through the town. The southern part of the city is hilly, rising gradually to the Kongō Range and Katsuragi Mountains.
1Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture • Sakai • Habikino • Kawachinagano • Ōsakasayama • Taishi • Kanan • Chihayaakasaka.
1Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Tondabayashi has increased rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s, and peaked at around the year 2000.
1History The area of the modern city of Tondabayashi was within ancient Kawachi Province. During the Sengoku period, it developed as a temple town centered on the Buddhist temple of Kosho-ji Betsu-in. The village of Tondabayashi was established within Ishikawa District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1896 the area became part of Minamikawachi District, Osaka. Tondabayashi was promoted to town status on August 1, 1896 and to city status on April 1, 1950.
1Government Tondabayashi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Tondabayashi collectively with the city of Ōsakasayama, and other municipalities of Minamikawachi District contributes two members to the Osaka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 15th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
1Economy The city is an agricultural region, with eggplants, strawberries, cucumbers as major crops. Traditionally, the area is known for its production of bamboo blinds.
1Education Tondabayashi has 16 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government and three public high schools operated by the Osaka Prefectural Department of Education. There are also one private elementary school, two private middle schools and two private high school. The prefecture also operated one special education school for the handicapped. Osaka Ohtani University is located in Tondabayashi and Aino University has a campus in the city. PL Gakuen Women's Junior College was active 1974 to 2009.
1Transport: Rail Kintetsu Railway – Kintetsu Nagano Line • Kishi - Tondabayashi - Tondabayashi-nishiguchi - Kawanishi - Takidanifudō; Nankai Electric Railway - Koya Line • Takidani.
1Transport: Road • National Route 170 • National Route 309.
1Local attractions • Tondabayashi Jinaimachi, Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings • Ryusen-ji, National Place of Scenic Beauty • Takidani Fudomyoo-ji • Kosho-ji Betsu-in • Shindō temple ruins and Okameishi Kofun, National Historic Sites • PL Art of Fireworks Display.
1Tondabayashi has a population of over 108,803 people. Tondabayashi also forms one of the centres of the wider Osaka Prefecture which has a population of over 8,823,358 people.
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Locations Near: Tondabayashi 135.6,34.5
🇯🇵 Habikino 135.6,34.55 d: 5.6
🇯🇵 Kawachinagano 135.566,34.453 d: 6.1
🇯🇵 Fujiidera 135.6,34.567 d: 7.4
🇯🇵 Kashiwara 135.633,34.583 d: 9.7
🇯🇵 Katsuragi 135.733,34.483 d: 12.3
🇯🇵 Sakai 135.483,34.573 d: 13.5
🇯🇵 Higashiōsaka 135.645,34.645 d: 16.6
🇯🇵 Izumi 135.425,34.479 d: 16.2
Antipodal to: Tondabayashi -44.4,-34.5
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🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19214.6
🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19212.5
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