Kamo, Kyoto

Kuni-kyō ruins. It was the Imperial capital of Japan between 740 and 743.
This article is about the former town in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. There is a Japanese city with this name, see Kamo, Niigata. For other places with this name, see Kamo (disambiguation).

Kamo (加茂町 Kamo-chō) was a town located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

As of February 1, 2007, the town had an estimated population of 15,907 and a density of 430.27 persons per km². The total area was 36.97 km².

On March 12, 2007, Kamo, along with the towns of Kizu and Yamashiro (all from Sōraku District), was merged to create the city of Kizugawa.

Between the years of 740 to 744, Kamo had been the capital of Japan named Kuni-kyō.

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