Urban Employment Area •
Kyoto City •
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Urban Employment Area as
Kyoto–Kusatsu Metropolitan Employment Area (Kyoto–Kusatsu MEA). The metropolitan area had a total population of 2,801,044 as of 2015 and is the fourth-largest in Japan. The cities and towns of the metropolitan area with their 2020 populations are listed below. • Kyoto Prefecture • Kyoto City (1,463,723) •
Uji (179,630) •
Kameoka (86,174) •
Nagaokakyō (80,608) •
Jōyō (74,607) •
Kyōtanabe (73,753) •
Mukō (56,859) •
Nantan (31,629) •
Kumiyama (15,250) •
Ōyamazaki (15,953) •
Kyotamba (12,907) •
Ujitawara (8,911) •
Ide (7,406) • Shiga Prefecture • Ōtsu (345,070) •
Kusatsu (143,913) •
Moriyama (83,236) •
Ritto (68,820) •
Yasu (50,513)
Municipalities network A wider metropolitan area based on commuting patterns is also defined by as the
Kyoto metropolitan area. This area consists of 13 cities and towns of Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, and Osaka Prefecture, in addition to Kyoto MEA. The total population as of 2020 for the region was estimated at 3,785,351. The following areas, along with the above Kyoto MEA, are included in the Kyoto metropolitan area, with their 2020 populations: • Kyoto Prefecture •
Yawata (70,433) •
Kizugawa (77,907) •
Seika (36,198) • Shiga Prefecture •
Takashima (46,377) •
Konan (54,460) •
Koka (88,358) •
Ōmihachiman (81,122) •
Higashiōmi (112,819) •
Hino (20,964) •
Ryūō (11,789) •
Osaka Prefecture •
Takatsuki (352,698) •
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