Uda (宇陀市, Uda-shi) is a city located in northeastern Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city of Uda was established on January 1, 2006, the towns of Haibara, Ōuda and Utano, and the village of Murō (all from Uda District). As of December 29, 2005, the city had an estimate population of 38,648 and a population density of 155.35 persons per km2. As of April 1, 2015, the city has an estimated population of 31,274 and 13,128 households. The population density is 145.64 persons per km2, and the total area is 247.62 km2.Each former town became a ward. The wards here are ordinary wards of a city, unlike the 23 special wards of Tokyo.