Awa (阿波市, Awa-shi) is a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.

[2] Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Awa has slowly declined over the past 60 years.

Hayashi, Hisakatsu and Isawa merged to form the town of Awa on March 31, 1955.

Awa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of Tokushima 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.