Greater Kyoto

Kyoto metropolitan area
Municipal partnership
Map
CountryJapan
Membership
Established1995
Area
 • Total5,189.41 km2 (2,003.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total3,783,014
 • Density730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Websitewww.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/page/0000308453.html

Greater Kyoto is a metropolitan area in Japan encompassing Kyoto City, the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as its surrounding areas including Ōtsu, the capital of Shiga Prefecture.[3]

The metropolitan area is also referred to as Keiji (京滋) or Keishin (京津). The name Keiji is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Kyoto (京都) and Shiga (滋賀). The name Keishin is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Kyoto (京都) and Ōtsu (大津).

  1. ^ "京都都市圏自治体ネットワーク" (in Japanese). City of Kyoto. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  2. ^ 2020 Population Census
  3. ^ "京都市の観光行政を戦略部長に聞いてきた、「量より質」への転換で解決すべき5つの課題" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-11-23.

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