Kameoka

This article covers the city. For the fiefdom see Tamba-Kameyama .

Kameoka-shi 亀 岡 市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kinki
Prefecture :	Kyoto
Coordinates :	35 ° 1 '  N , 135 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 0 '48 "  N , 135 ° 34' 21"  E
Basic data
Surface:	224.90 km²
Residents :	87.005 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	387 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	26206-4
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	cherry
Flower :	azalea
town hall
Address :	Kameoka City Hall 8 Nonogami, Yasu-chō Kameoka -shi Kyōto  621-8501
Website URL:	http://www.city.kameoka.kyoto.jp
Location Kameokas in Kyoto Prefecture

Kameoka ( Japanese 亀 岡 市 , - shi ) is a Japanese city ​​in the north of Kyoto prefecture .

geography

Kameoka is located west of Kyoto .

history

Kameoka is an old castle town with the Kameyama Castle . The Katahara last resided there with an income of 50,000 koku until 1868.

Until 1869 the place was called Kameyama ( 亀 山 , dt. "Turtle Mountain") and was then renamed to Kameoka ("Turtle Hill"). Today's community was created on January 1, 1955 from the merger of the former district community ( chō ) Kameoka with another 15 villages ( mura ) in the district of Minamikuwada . On September 30, 1959, the last village of Shino was incorporated, which at the same time the district was dissolved.

On July 11, 1951, the dam of the Heiwa-ike reservoir broke in the mountains above today's city. The tsunami devastated the then independent village of Shino. According to various sources, 75 to 114 people died.

traffic

• Street
  • National road 9
  • National road 372, 423, 477, 478
• train
  • JR San'in Main Line : to Kyoto and Shimonoseki

Culture and sights

• The Anao-ji Buddhist temple is located in the city .

Town twinning

• Knittelfeld , since 1964
• Stillwater , Oklahoma, USA - since 1985
• Jandira, Brazil - since 1980
• Suzhou, China - since 1996

Neighboring cities and communities

• Kyoto Prefecture
  • Kyoto
  • Nantan
• Osaka prefecture
  • Ibaraki
  • Takatsuki
  • Nose
  • Toyono

sons and daughters of the town

• Nobuko Fujimura (* 1965), marathon runner

gallery

• 

  Kameoka City Hall

• 

  Kameoka Railway Station

literature

• Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

Web links

Commons : Kameoka  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austrian-Japanese relations. Japanese Embassy Austria, archived from the original on December 19, 2012 ; Retrieved August 19, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.