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Shiwa

Shiwa is a town in , . As of 31 March 2020, the town had an estimated population of 32,147 across 11,368 households, and a population density of 134 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 238.98 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Town with 32,600 residents
  • Description: town in Shiwa district, Iwate prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Shiwa Cho”, “Shiwa Chō”, “Shiwa-machi”, “Shiwa-mura”, and “Shiwa, Iwate”
  • Historically known as: “Fudō-mura”, “Furudate-mura”, “Hikobe-mura”, “Hizume-machi”, “Mizuwake-mura”, “Nagaoka-mura”, and “Sahinai-mura”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hizume Station and Shiwa-Chūō Station.

Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the town of Shiwa, , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the town of Shiwa, , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Railway station
Photo: Mister0124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in the town of Shiwa, , Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yahaba.

Town
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is a town in , . As of 1 April 2020, the town had an estimated population of 27,227, and a population density of 400 persons per km2 in 10,131 households. The total area of the town is 67.32 square kilometres. is situated 6 km north of Shiwa.

Shiwa

Latitude
39.5545° or 39° 33′ 16″ north
Longitude
141.1556° or 141° 9′ 20″ east
Population
32,600
Elevation
111 metres (364 feet)
Open location code
8RF3H534+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 691229943
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2111003
Wiki­data ID
Q387336
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Shiwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيوا”
  • Asturian: “Shiwa”
  • Burmese: “ရှိဝမြို့၊ အိဝတဲ”
  • Cebuano: “Shiwa-chō”
  • Chinese: “紫波町”
  • Czech: “Šiwa”
  • Danish: “Shiwa”
  • Dutch: “Shiwa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيوا”
  • French: “Shiwa”
  • German: “Shiwa”
  • Hungarian: “Siva”
  • Indonesian: “Shiwa, Iwate”
  • Indonesian: “Shiwa”
  • Irish: “Shiwa”
  • Italian: “Shiwa”
  • Japanese: “Shiwa-chō”
  • Japanese: “しわちょう”
  • Japanese: “シワチョウ”
  • Japanese: “紫波町”
  • Korean: “시와정”
  • Korean: “시와초”
  • Malay: “Shiwa, Iwate”
  • Malay: “Shiwa”
  • Marathi: “शिवा, इवाते”
  • Marathi: “शिवा”
  • Persian: “شیوا، ایواته”
  • Polish: “Shiwa”
  • Portuguese: “Shiwa”
  • Russian: “Сива”
  • Spanish: “Shiwa”
  • Swedish: “Shiwa”
  • Tagalog: “Shiwa, Iwate”
  • Tagalog: “Shiwa”
  • Thai: “ชิวะ”
  • Turkish: “Shiwa”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіва”
  • Ukrainian: “Шіва”

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