Shirakawa

Shirakawa is a town located in , , Japan. As of 1 January 2019, the town had an estimated population of 8,288 and a population density of 36 persons per km2, in 3159 households.
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  • Type: Town with 9,120 residents
  • Description: town in Kamo district, Gifu prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Nishishirakawa”, “Shirakawa Cho”, “Shirakawa Chō”, “Shirakawa, Gifu”, “นิชิชิรากาวะ”, and “西白川村”
  • Postal code: 509-1192
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shirakawaguchi Station and Tō’un-ji Temple.

Railway station
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is a railway station on the…

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist temple.

Shirakawa

Latitude
35.5808° or 35° 34′ 51″ north
Longitude
137.1895° or 137° 11′ 22″ east
Population
9,120
Elevation
432 metres (1,417 feet)
Open location code
8Q7VH5JQ+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2017675512
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1851903
Wiki­data ID
Q1203350
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Shirakawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيراكاوا”
  • Armenian: “Շիրակավա”
  • Asturian: “Shirakawa”
  • Burmese: “ရှိရခါဝါမြို့၊ ဂိဖု”
  • Cebuano: “Shirakawa-chō”
  • Chinese: “白川町”
  • Czech: “Širakawa”
  • Dutch: “Shirakawa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيراكاوا”
  • French: “Shirakawa”
  • German: “Shirakawa”
  • Hungarian: “Sirakava”
  • Irish: “Shirakawa”
  • Italian: “Shirakawa”
  • Japanese: “Shirakawa-chō”
  • Japanese: “しらかわちょう”
  • Japanese: “シラカワチョウ”
  • Japanese: “白川町”
  • Korean: “시라카와정”
  • Korean: “시라카와초”
  • Malay: “Shirakawa, Gifu”
  • Malay: “Shirakawa”
  • Persian: “شیراکاوا، گیفو”
  • Persian: “شیراکاوا”
  • Polish: “Shirakawa”
  • Portuguese: “Shirakawa”
  • Romanian: “Shirakawa, Gifu”
  • Romanian: “Shirakawa”
  • Russian: “Сиракава”
  • Spanish: “Shirakawa”
  • Tagalog: “Shirakawa, Gifu”
  • Tagalog: “Shirakawa”
  • Thai: “ชิรากาวะ”
  • Turkish: “Shirakawa, Gifu”
  • Turkish: “Shirakawa”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіракава”
  • Ukrainian: “Шіракава”
  • Urdu: “شیراکاو، گیفو (ٹاؤن)”
  • Urdu: “شیراکاو، گیفو”
  • Uzbek: “Shirakava (Gifu, shaharcha)”
  • Uzbek: “Shirakava”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: 小原二 and 両神.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 加茂警察署白川駐在所 and Shirakawa Post Office.

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