Tenri [city] - Tenri

Japanese: 天理[市] - てんり

A city in the eastern part of the Nara Basin in Nara Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. It developed as a market town with Tamba City at its center since ancient times, but developed as a religious city after the Tenrikyo Church headquarters was established there in the 1880s. There are facilities related to Tenrikyo, such as a worship hall, lodgings, a hospital, a university, and a library. There are machinery, metal, chemical, and textile factories along National Route 24, but most are small and medium-sized enterprises. The local industry of sliding door handles accounts for 90% of the national production. In addition to rice, watermelons, mandarin oranges, persimmons, tomatoes, cucumbers, and tea are cultivated in the rural areas. There are Isonokami Shrine, Nishiyama Kofun (historic site), and Yamato Aogaki Quasi-National Park. The city is served by the Sakurai Line, Kintetsu Tenri Line, and Nishi-Meihan Expressway. The area is 86.42 ^km2 . Population: 69,178 (2010).
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Japanese:

奈良県奈良盆地東部の市。1954年市制。丹波市(たんばいち)を中心とする市場町として古くから発達したが，明治20年代以降天理教の教会本部がおかれてから宗教都市として発展。天理教関係の拝殿，宿泊所，病院，大学，図書館などの施設がある。国道24号沿いに機械，金属，化学，繊維などの工場があるが，大部分が中小企業。地場産業のふすまの引手は全国生産の90％をしめる。農村部では米のほかスイカ，ミカン，カキ，トマト，キュウリ，茶などを栽培。石上(いそのかみ)神宮や西山古墳（史跡），大和青垣国定公園がある。桜井線，近鉄天理線，西名阪自動車道が通じる。86.42km²。６万9178人（2010）。
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