Kyoto is an inland city, making up part of the eastern side of the mountainous
region known as the Tamba highlands, and the northern half of the Kyoto
(Yamashiro) Basin. As the largest of the municipalities, Kyoto City has
an area of 827.90km2, representing 17.9% of the area of the prefecture.
The Kyoto Basin is surrounded on three sides by mountains known as Higashiyama,
Kitayama and Nishiyama, all less than 1000m above sea level. The ground is highest
in the north-east, with the level decreasing towards the south-west. To the east
of the basin flows the Kamogawa River, to the west, the Katsuragawa, and to the
south, the Ujigawa River.
The climate of the Kyoto Basin is typical of an interior basin, with large differences
in temperature between summer and winter, day and night. |
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Area(km2) |
Number of Households |
Population |
| Total |
Men |
Women |
| Kyoto City |
827.90 |
666,636 |
1,464,990 |
696,486 |
768,504 |
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| Direction |
Place Name |
Longitude/Latitude |
| East End |
Fushimi-ku Daigo Sannokiri
(Dara Valley) |
135° 53' E |
| West End |
Ukyo-ku Sagamitsuhara Kouwaki
(Saburouga-dake Mountaintop) |
135° 36' E |
| South End |
Fushimi-ku Yodokizu-cho
(North bank of the Kizu River) |
34° 52' N |
| North End |
Sakyo-ku Kutaueno-cho
(Mikuni-dake Mountaintop) |
35° 19' N |
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