Kyōtango
city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Kyōtango (京丹後市, Kyōtango-shi) is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 28 February 2022, the city had an estimated population of 52,683 in 22,886 households and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 601.43 square kilometres (232.21 sq mi).
Geography
Kyōtango is located on the coast of the Sea of Japan on the western side of the Tango Peninsula in the northwestern corner of Kyoto Prefecture. The entire area of Kyōtango is in the eastern part of the San'in Kaigan Geopark.
Neighbouring municipalities
Hyōgo Prefecture
Toyooka
Kyoto Prefecture
Ine
Miyazu
Yosano
Climate
Kyōtango has a Humid climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kyōtango is 15.4 °C (59.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,899.1 mm (74.77 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.9 °C (80.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). Its record high is 37.9 °C (100.2 °F), reached on 22 August 2018, 26 July 2025, and 7 August 2026, and its record low is −5.9 °C (21.4 °F), reached on 26 February 1981.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kyōtango” as city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q513897. VIAF identifies the subject as 252162715. Authority coordinates are 35.624, 135.061. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022, 2018, 2025 and 2026.
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