Kyoto
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Kyoto is a city in Kyoto Prefecture[1], Japan[1]. It was established on April 1, 1889. The city covers an area of 827.8 square kilometers.
Kyoto has a population of approximately 1.2 million as of recent estimates.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kyoto Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Kamo River[5], Katsura River[6], Yodo River[7], Lake Biwa Canal[8]
- Head of government: Daisaku Kadokawa[9]
- Continent: Asia[10]
- Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[11], big city[12], city of Japan[13], tourist destination[14], college town[15], city for international conferences and tourism[16]
- Capital: Nakagyō Ward[17]
- Shares border with: Uji[18], Kameoka[19], Mukō-shi[20], Nagaokakyō-shi[21], Yawata[22], Nantan[23], Ōyamazaki-chō[24], Kumiyama[25], Otsu[26], Takashima[27], Takatsuki[28], Shimamoto[29]
- Anthem: municipal anthem of Kyoto[30]
- Named after: capital city[31]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Kita-ku[32], Kamigyō-ku[33], Sakyō-ku[34], Nakagyō Ward[35], Higashiyama-ku[36], Shimogyō-ku[37], Minami-ku[38], Ukyō Ward[39], Fushimi-ku[40], Yamashina-ku[41], Nishikyō Ward[42]
- Flag: flag of Kyoto[43]
- Twinned administrative body: Cologne[44], Florence[45], Kyiv[46], Xi'an[47], Guadalajara[48], Zagreb[49], Prague[50], Paris[51], Boston[52], Cusco[53], Edinburgh[54], Zermatt[55], Jinju[56], Kraków[57]
- Legislative body: Kyoto City Assembly[58]
- Executive body: Government of Kyoto City[59]
- Postal code: 600-0000–616-9999[60], 520-0461–520-0465[61]
- Part of: Santo[62], 市制特例[63], 国際観光文化都市[64], six greatest cities in Japan (1922)[65], three major cities in Japan[66]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kyoto include Kyoto Protocol[67], an environmental protocol[68], written by United Nations[69]; Keihanshin[70], a metropolitan area[71], in Japan[72]; Kyoto Prize[73], an award[74], in Japan[75], founded in 1985[76]; Kyoto shogi[77], a shogi variant[78]; and MITAKY[79], an enterprise[80], in Japan[81].
Why It Matters
Kyoto has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[82] Kyoto is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[83]
Entities named for Kyoto include Kyoto Protocol[67], an environmental protocol[68], written by United Nations[69]; Keihanshin[70], a metropolitan area[71], in Japan[72]; Kyoto Prize[73], an award[74], in Japan[75], founded in 1985[76]; Kyoto shogi[77], a shogi variant[78]; and MITAKY[79], an enterprise[80], in Japan[81].