Sanda, Hyogo
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is a city
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 located in Hyōgo
Hyogo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

, Japan
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As of 2008, the city has an estimated population
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 of 113,585 and the density
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 of 540 persons per km². The total area is 210.22 km².

The city was founded on July 1, 1958.

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Sanda city is located in the southeast of the Hyōgo Prefecture
Hyogo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

 of Japan
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, and it is about 25 km to the north of the city of Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

 beyond the Rokkō Mountains
Mount Rokko
is a name of a group of mountains in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This mountain is one of Hyōgo 50 mountains, Kinki 100 mountains, and also one of the 300 famous mountains in Japan.- Outline :...

 and in a region about 35 km northwest of the city of Osaka
Osaka
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. Sanda city adjoins to the north the city of Sasayama
Sasayama, Hyogo
is a city located in the central eastern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.The city was established on April 1, 1999, merging the towns of the former "Taki District" ....

 and to the east are Takarazuka
Takarazuka, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.- Geography :Takarazuka is nestled between the Rokko Range to the west and Nagao Range to the north with the Muko River running through the center of the city....

 and Inagawa
Inagawa, Hyogo
is a town located in Kawabe District, Hyōgo, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 32,245. The total area is 90.41 km².-Sister cities:Inagawa has one sister city:*Ballarat, Victoria, Australia-External links:*...

. Sanda is joined to the south by Kobe and just to the west are Miki
Miki, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan.As of April 30, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 82,162, with a household number of 32,143 and a population density of 465.30 persons per km²...

, Katō
Kato, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on March 20, 2006 from the merger of the former towns of Takino, Tōjō and Yashiro, all from Katō District....

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The name "Sanda" has a long history. Records found within the Buddhist
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statue "Mirokubutsuzazo" in the ancient Konshinji Temple reads: "These areas are decreed as Matsuyama's land, which includes Onden, Hiden and Keiden, which are three rice fields, and is thus renamed Sanda." (In Japanese, "San" means three and "ta" (here pronounced "da") means rice field.) This indicates that the name Sanda has been in use for an estimated 1,300 years.

The history of the inhabitants on this land, blessed with a mild climate and an abundant natural environment, is even older than the city and goes as far back as 30,000 years ago.

At the end of the 7th century, the temple town of the Konshinji Temple was created near the current location of Yashiki. Sanda castle was erected during the Muromachi Era. Also, a castle town was built during the Azuchi-Momoyama era, and Sanda flourished as a castle town governed by the Kuki clan producing 36,000 koku (equivalent of 184,000 bushels) of crops during the Edo period. After the Meiji period, Sanda expanded as the center of Arima county with a railroad system being completed. In 1956, Ai and Honjō merged together becoming Aino. Also Miwa, Hirono, Ono, Takahira merged into the town of Sanda. Then, Sanda annexed Aino in 1957. Sanda was upgraded from a town to a city in July, 1958.

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