The city center it is about 30 minutes to Namba Station in central Osaka and about one hour to Kansai International Airport.

[2] Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Kawachinagano increased steadily over the course of the 20th century and has seen gradual decline in the 21st.

During the Nara and Heian period, numerous Buddhist temples were built, including Kanshin-ji and Kongō-ji.

The villages of Nagano, Nishigori, Shinno (later renamed Chiyoda), Amano, Mikkaichi, Kawakami, Amami, and Kaga-Tamura and Takamukai were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889.

On April 1, 1954, Nagano merged with Mikkaichi, Kawakami, Amami, Kagata, and Takamukai villages to form the city of Kawachinagano.

Kawachinagano has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of Osaka 15th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.