On the other hand, the northern area (including Fukuchiyama City, Maizuru City and Miyazu City), which is sometimes called the Kita Kinki region, is closely related to former Tajima Province (the present northern area of Hyogo Prefecture) and former Wakasa Province (the present Reinan area of Fukui Prefecture), but is not so closely related to Kyoto City, compared with the areas of the two former provinces described above.
一方で、北部（福知山市、舞鶴市、宮津市など）は北近畿とも呼ばれ、旧但馬国（現在の兵庫県北部）や旧若狭国（現在の福井県嶺南地方）との交流が深く、京都市との交流は旧但馬国や嶺南（旧若狭国）に比べると浅い。