[2] Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Nabari grew rapidly from the 1950s, but has slightly decreased since the year 2000.

The area around Nabari is part of ancient Iga Province, and Nabari developed from the Asuka period as a post station on the Ise Kaidō highway from Asuka and Heijō-kyō to the Ise Grand Shrines.

Nabari has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 14 members.

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

Kintetsu Railway – Osaka Line Media related to Nabari, Mie at Wikimedia Commons