Shimogyō-ku
Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku.
- Suburb with about 82,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
- Description: ward of Kyoto
- Also known as“Shimo-kyō-ku”“Shimogyo Ward”“Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto”
- Neighbors: Higashiyama
- Established: April 10, 1879
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Shimogyō-ku
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Latitude
34.9877° or 34° 59′ 16″ north
Longitude
135.7554° or 135° 45′ 19″ east
Open location code
8Q6QXQQ4+35
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Shimogyō-ku” goes by many names.
شيموجيو-كوArabic
Shimogyō-kuBasque
ရှိမိုဂယောရပ်ကွက်Burmese
ရှိမိုဂယောရပ်ကွက်၊ ကျိုတိုBurmese
ShimogyōCatalan
Shimogyō-kuCatalan
Shimogyō KuCebuano
下京区Chinese
下京區Chinese
Shimogyō-kuDutch
Kvartalo ŜimogjoEsperanto
Shimogyō-kuFinnish
Shimogyō-kuGalician
Simogjó-kuHungarian
Shimogyō-kuIndonesian
Shimogyō-ku, KyōtoIndonesian
Shimogyō-kuIrish
Shimogyō-kuItalian
Shimogyō-kuJapanese
しもぎょうくJapanese
下京Japanese
下京区Japanese
京都市下京区Japanese
시모교구Korean
شیموگیوPersian
СимогёRussian
Shimogyō-kuSlovenian
ŠimogjoSlovenian
เขตชิโมเงียวThai
เขตชิโมะเงียวThai
ShimogyōTurkish
Shimogyō-kuTurkish
Район СімоґьоUkrainian
Район ШімоґьоUkrainian
СімогьоUkrainian
СімоґьоUkrainian
ШімоґьоUkrainian
ShimogyōVietnamese
Shimogyō, KyōtoVietnamese
Shimogyō-kuWelsh
下京區Yue Chinese
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