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Nara (奈良市; -shi) is the capital city of Nara prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto. Seven temples, shrines and ruins in Nara, specifically Todaiji, Kofukuji, Kasuga Shrine, Gangoji, Yakushiji, Toshodaiji and Heijo Palace Remains, collectively form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nara is also a sister city of Canberra, Australia.
1 History
Nara is located in the north of Nara Basin where the fledging JapaneseThe term Japanese can have several meanings: Japan Mainland Japan Japanese people people of Japanese ancestry living in Japan Ethnic Japanese people of Japanese ancestry living outside Japan Japanese-American an article primarily about the immigration and state was born in prehistoric times. In South Korea, an urban legend claims that the name comes from the modern KoreanKorean is: A person from or something related to Korea. See Koreans and List of Koreans. The Korean language. word for "nation" (Nara). It actually came from Nadaraka, lit. flat place.
The royal court constructed a new capital modelled after the capital of TangTang Dynasty ( 618- 907) followed the Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period in China. The dynasty was interrupted by the Second Zhou Dynasty (690-705) when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne. The Tang dynasty, with its c ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute, Chang'anFor the town in the Guangdong province of China, see Chang'an Town Chang'an (; , Pinyin: Chang'n, Wade-Giles: Ch'ang-an now Xi'an, Shaanxi) is the ancient capital of more than 10 dynasties in China. Chang'an" means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese., in AD 710Events End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan. Founding of the Muslim Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco. Muslim army invited into Ceuta by its governor Don Julian, who, being an opponent. High civilization of the Middle Kingdom was introduced into Nara during the eighth century. Buddhism flourished under royal patronage. Even after the capital moved to Kyoto in 784Events August 31 Paul IV abdicates as Patriarch of Constantinople December 25 Tarasius elected Patriarch of Constantinople The Japanese capital moved away from Nara. End of the Nara period. Births Hrabanus Maurus, German poet Deaths 784., Buddhist temples remained powerful and enjoyed religious fame. Nara had been a Buddhist town for a long time.
In the modern age, Nara developed as a local center of commerce and government, for the prefectural government was seated here. The city was officially incorporated on February 1February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 333 days remaining, (334 in leap years). Events 1662 The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. 1788 Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet pate, 1898.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 364,869 and the density of 1,724.33 persons per kmē. The total area is 211.60 kmē.
2 Sister cities
