Kyoto Prefecture can be divided into three provinces, that is, Tango, Tanba (including a part of present Hyogo Prefecture), and Yamashiro, by former province system, however, the southern region of Kyoto Prefecture has roughly five definitions as follows.
京都府は旧国制度で丹後国、丹波国（一部兵庫県を含む）、山城国の3つに分けられるがその中で京都府南部地域（きょうとふなんぶちいき）とは大まかに、次の5つの定義がなされる場合が多い。