Kansai
Nara
Yoshino district

Shimokitayama

Shimokitayama is a village located in , , . As of 1 January 2025, the village had an estimated population of 678 and a population density of 5.1 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 131.65 km2.
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  • Type: Village with 895 residents
  • Description: village in Yoshino district, Nara prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Shimo-kitayama” and “Shimokitayama, Nara”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ikehara Bridge and Ikehara Hydroelectric power station.

Bridge
Photo: Kansai explorer, CC BY 2.5.

Power station
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3½ km east of Shimokitayama.

Peak
Photo: Indiana jo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak, which is situated 4 km west of Shimokitayama.

Shimokitayama

Latitude
34.0507° or 34° 3′ 2″ north
Longitude
135.9388° or 135° 56′ 20″ east
Population
895
Elevation
300 metres (984 feet)
Open location code
8Q6Q3W2Q+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3730986557
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1852283
Wiki­data ID
Q1203760
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Satellite Map

Discover Shimokitayama from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Shimokitayama” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيموكيتاياما”
  • Armenian: “Սիմոկիտայամա”
  • Catalan: “Shimokitayama”
  • Cebuano: “Shimokitayama Mura”
  • Chinese: “下北山村”
  • Czech: “Šimokitajama”
  • Dutch: “Shimokitayama”
  • French: “Shimokitayama”
  • German: “Shimokitayama”
  • Hungarian: “Simokitajama”
  • Irish: “Shimokitayama”
  • Italian: “Shimokitayama”
  • Japanese: “Shimokitayama-mura”
  • Japanese: “しもきたやまむら”
  • Japanese: “シモキタヤマムラ”
  • Japanese: “下北山村”
  • Korean: “시모키타야마무라”
  • Korean: “시모키타야마촌”
  • Persian: “شیموکیتایاما، نارا”
  • Persian: “شیموکیتایاما”
  • Polish: “Shimokitayama”
  • Portuguese: “Shimokitayama”
  • Russian: “Симокитаяма”
  • Slovenian: “Shimokitayama”
  • Slovenian: “Šimokitajama”
  • Spanish: “Shimokitayama”
  • Tagalog: “Shimokitayama, Nara”
  • Tagalog: “Shimokitayama”
  • Thai: “ชิโมกิตายามะ”
  • Turkish: “Shimokitayama-mura”
  • Turkish: “Shimokitayama”
  • Ukrainian: “Сімо-Кітаяма”
  • Ukrainian: “Сімокітаяма”
  • Ukrainian: “Шімо-Кітаяма”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shimokitayama”. Photo: Kansai explorer, CC BY-SA 3.0.