Kashiba [city] - Kashiba

Japanese: 香芝[市] - かしば

A city in the western part of the Nara Basin in Nara Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1991. Its center is Shimoda. It is a rural area with thriving grape growing and home-based sock manufacturing. It is served by the Wakayama Line, Kintetsu Osaka Line, Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line, and the Nishi-Meihan Expressway, and has many commuters to Osaka City. Agriculture has shifted from being centered on rice to suburban-type production of vegetables and chrysanthemums, and industries such as casting, aluminum, and plastics have also been established here. Diamond dust has been collected from Mt. Nijo in the west since the Middle Ages, and sandpaper made from this sand is a specialty product. Mining is no longer in progress, but production continues. 24.26 ^km2 . Population 75,227 (2010).

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Japanese:

奈良県奈良盆地西部の市。1991年市制。中心は下田。農村地帯で，ブドウ栽培，家内工業の靴下製造も盛ん。和歌山線，近鉄大阪線，同南大阪線，西名阪自動車道が通じ大阪市への通勤者も多い。農業は米中心から野菜，キクなど近郊型へ転換，鋳物，アルミ，プラスチックなどの工業も立地。西部の二上山では中世から金剛砂が採取され，この砂を使ったサンドペーパーが特産，現在は採掘していないが生産は続いている。24.26km²。７万5227人（2010）。

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