Shiwa
Shiwa is a town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. 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.
- 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: Hanamaki and Morioka
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hizume Station and Shiwa-Chūō Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yahaba.
Shiwa
- Categories: town of Japan and locality
- Location: Shiwa-gun, Iwate, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“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”
- Persian: “شیوا”
- Polish: “Shiwa”
- Portuguese: “Shiwa”
- Russian: “Сива”
- Spanish: “Shiwa”
- Swedish: “Shiwa”
- Tagalog: “Shiwa, Iwate”
- Tagalog: “Shiwa”
- Thai: “ชิวะ”
- Turkish: “Shiwa”
- Ukrainian: “Сіва”
- Ukrainian: “Шіва”
- Urdu: “شیوا، ایواتے”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: 紫波中央駅前二丁目 and 紫波中央駅前三丁目.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: 紫波町役場 and 薬師神社.
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