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Shimogyo-ku (下京区) is one of the eleven Wards in the City of Kyoto , in Kyoto Prefecture , Japan . First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku .

Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyo-ku.

Shimogyo-ku has a population of 74,897 and an area of 6.82 km&2. Three rivers, Horikawa, Kamogawa and Takasegawa, are in the ward.