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Ryuo

Ryūō is a town located in , , . As of 31 August 2021, the town had an estimated population of 11,786 in 4499 households and a population density of 260 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 44.52 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Town with 12,400 residents
  • Description: town in Gamo District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Ryūō”, “Ryuo Cho”, “Ryūō Chō”, “Ryuo Town”, “Ryuo-cho”, “Ryūō-chō”, and “Ryūō, Shiga”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Namura Shrine and Ryūō-ji Temple.

Shinto shrine
Photo: Yusuke.ogawa, Public domain.
is a Shinto shrine located in the town of Ryūō, , . The shrine has many structures from the Muromachi period or older which are designated either National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Opqr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Ryuo

Latitude
35.0582° or 35° 3′ 30″ north
Longitude
136.1183° or 136° 7′ 6″ east
Population
12,400
Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)
Open location code
8Q7R3459+78
Open­Street­Map ID
node 541402935
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1853353
Wiki­data ID
Q1087560
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ryuo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريو”
  • Armenian: “Ռյուո”
  • Asturian: “Ryūō”
  • Catalan: “Ryūō”
  • Cebuano: “Ryūō-chō”
  • Chinese: “龍王”
  • Chinese: “龍王町”
  • Chinese: “龙王町”
  • Czech: “Rjúó”
  • Danish: “Ryūō”
  • Dutch: “Ryūō”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريو”
  • French: “Ryūō”
  • German: “Ryuo”
  • German: “Ryūō”
  • Hungarian: “Rjúó”
  • Indonesian: “Ryūō, Shiga”
  • Indonesian: “Ryūō”
  • Irish: “Ryūō”
  • Italian: “Ryūō”
  • Japanese: “Ryūō-chō”
  • Japanese: “りゅうおうちょう”
  • Japanese: “リュウオウチョウ”
  • Japanese: “竜王町”
  • Korean: “류오정”
  • Korean: “류오초”
  • Malay: “Ryūō, Shiga”
  • Malay: “Ryūō”
  • Persian: “ریوئو، شیگا”
  • Polish: “Ryūō”
  • Portuguese: “Ryūō”
  • Russian: “Рюо”
  • Slovenian: “Rjuo”
  • Slovenian: “Ryuo”
  • Spanish: “Ryūō”
  • Swedish: “Ryūō, Shiga”
  • Swedish: “Ryūō”
  • Tagalog: “Ryūō, Shiga”
  • Tagalog: “Ryūō”
  • Thai: “รีวโอ”
  • Turkish: “Ryuo”
  • Turkish: “Ryūō”
  • Ukrainian: “Рюо”
  • Vietnamese: “Ryūō, Shiga”
  • Vietnamese: “Ryūō”
  • “Ryūō”
  • “Ryūō-chō”
  • “りゅうおうちょう”
  • “竜王町”

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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 “Ryuo”. Photo: Yusuke.ogawa, Public domain.