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This article is about the mountain in Japan. For the historical Haida chief in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia see Koyah. For the language spoken in India see Koya languageMount Kōya (高野山 Kōya-san) is the name of mountains in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka. Also Kōya-san is a modifying word for Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺). There is no one mountain officially called Kōya-san (高野山) in Japan.First settled in 819 by the monk Kūkai Mt.
