Kamo (加茂町, Kamo-chō) is a district of the city of Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was a town in its own right in Sōraku District until 2007.
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Kamo and the towns of Kizu and Yamashiro (all from Sōraku District) merged to create the city of Kizugawa on March 12, 2007. As of February 1, 2007, prior to the merger, Kamo had an estimated population of 15,907 and a density of 430.27 persons per km2. The total area was 36.97 km2.
Between the years of 740 to 744, Kamo had been the capital of Japan named Kuni-kyō.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Kamo, Kizugawa.
- Kamo official website (archived) in Japanese