Shingu

Shingū is a city located in , . As of 1 November 2021, the city had an estimated population of 27,491 in 14649 households and a population density of 110 persons per km2.
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  • Type: City with 27,200 residents
  • Description: city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: Schingu”, “Shingu City”, “Shingu-shi”, “Shingū, Wakayama”, “Shingui”, and “Singū
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Shingu.

Shinto shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Shingu, , on the shores of the Kumanogawa in the of . It is included as part of the Kumano Sanzan in the UNESCO World Heritage site "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range".

Railway station
Shingū Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Shingū, , , jointly operated by JR West and JR Central.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kihou-chō.

Town
Kihō is a town located in , . As of 1 April 2021, the town had an estimated population of 10,818 in 5,247 households and a population density of 140 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 79.62 square kilometres.

Shingu

Latitude
33.7241° or 33° 43′ 27″ north
Longitude
135.993° or 135° 59′ 35″ east
Population
27,200
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP SHN
Open location code
8Q5QPXFV+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 691595752
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1847947
Wiki­data ID
Q823526
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Shingu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شينغو، واكاياما
  • Arabic: شينغو
  • Armenian: Շինգու (քաղաք)
  • Asturian: Shingū
  • Bengali: শিঙ্গু
  • Catalan: Shingū
  • Cebuano: Shingū
  • Chechen: Сингу (гӀала)
  • Chechen: Сингу
  • Chinese: Singû-chhī
  • Chinese: 新宫市
  • Chinese: 新宮市
  • Czech: Šingú
  • Danish: Shingu
  • Dutch: Shingu
  • Esperanto: Shingu
  • Esperanto: Shingū
  • Esperanto: Ŝingu-ŝi
  • Esperanto: Ŝingu
  • Finnish: Shingū
  • French: Shingū-shi
  • French: Shingu
  • French: Shingū
  • Galician: Shingū
  • German: Shingu
  • German: Shingū
  • Greek: Σινγκού
  • Gujarati: શિંગુ
  • Hebrew: שינגו
  • Hindi: शिंगु
  • Hungarian: Singú
  • Indonesian: Shingū, Wakayama
  • Indonesian: Shingū
  • Irish: Shingū
  • Italian: Shingu
  • Italian: Shingū
  • Japanese: Shingū-shi
  • Japanese: しんぐうし
  • Japanese: 新宮
  • Japanese: 新宮市
  • Kannada: ಶಿಂಗು
  • Korean: 신구 시
  • Korean: 신구시
  • Latvian: Šingu
  • Literary Chinese: 新宮市
  • Lithuanian: Šingu
  • Macedo-Romanian: Shingū
  • Malay: Shingu
  • Marathi: शिंगु
  • Mazanderani: شینگو، واکایاما
  • Mazanderani: شینگو
  • Min Nan Chinese: Singû-chhī
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Shingu
  • Persian: شینگو، واکایاما
  • Persian: شینگو
  • Polish: Shingū
  • Portuguese: Shingu
  • Romanian: Shingu
  • Romanian: Shingū
  • Russian: Вакаяма Сингу
  • Russian: Синг
  • Russian: Сингу Вакаяма
  • Russian: Сингу, Вакаяма
  • Russian: Сингу
  • Sinhala: ෂින්ගු
  • Slovenian: Shingu
  • Slovenian: Shingū
  • Slovenian: Šingu
  • South Azerbaijani: شینقو، واکایاما
  • South Azerbaijani: شینقو
  • Spanish: Shingu
  • Spanish: Shingū
  • Swedish: Shingū, Wakayama
  • Swedish: Shingū
  • Tagalog: Shingū, Wakayama
  • Tagalog: Shingu
  • Tagalog: Syingu
  • Tajik: Şingu
  • Tajik: Шингу
  • Tamil: ஷிங்கு
  • Tatar: Сингу
  • Telugu: శింగు
  • Thai: ชิงงู
  • Turkish: Shingū
  • Ukrainian: Сінґу
  • Ukrainian: Шін-Ґу
  • Ukrainian: Шінґу
  • Urdu: شنگو
  • Vietnamese: Shingū, Wakayama
  • Vietnamese: Shingū
  • Waray (Philippines): Shingū, Wakayama
  • Waray (Philippines): Shingū
  • Yue Chinese: 新宮市

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