Kyoto Prefectur

Kyoto Prefecture

京都府
Japanese transcription(s)
 • Japanese京都府
 • RōmajiKyōto-fu
Official logo of Kyoto Prefecture
Seembol
Location of Kyoto Prefecture
Coordinates: 35°1′18″N 135°45′20.2″E / 35.02167°N 135.755611°E / 35.02167; 135.755611Coordinates: 35°1′18″N 135°45′20.2″E / 35.02167°N 135.755611°E / 35.02167; 135.755611
KintraJapan
RegionKansai
IslandHonshu
CaipitalKyoto
Govrenment
 • GovrenorKeiji Yamada
Area
 • Total4,612.71 km2 (1,780.98 sq mi)
Area rank31st
Population
 (1 Mairch 2011)
 • Total2,633,428
 • Rank13t
 • Density570.91/km2 (1,478.7/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeJP-26
Destricts6
Municipalities26
FlouerWeeping cherry blossom (Prunus spachiana)
TreeKitayama Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)
BirdStreaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
Websitewww.pref.kyoto.jp/
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The Iwashimizu Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in Yawata

Kyoto Prefectur (京都府, Kyōto-fu) is a prefectur o Japan locatit in the Kansai region o the island o Honshu.[1] The caipital is the ceety o Kyoto.[2]

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kyoto-fu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 587 at Google Books; "Kansai" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 477 at Google Books.
  2. Nussbaum, "Kyoto" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 565-587 at Google Books.

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