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Shiroishi

Shiroishi is a town located in south-central , , in Kishima District. It is known for its vast reclaimed land and tidal flats of the .As of 31 May 2024, the town had an estimated population of 20,790, and a population density of 210 persons per km².
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  • Type: Town with 23,900 residents
  • Description: town in Kishima district, Saga prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Shiroishi-chō” and “Shiroishi, Saga”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hizen-Ryūō Station and Hizen-Shiroishi Station.

Railway stop
Photo: Ribbon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Shiroishi, Kishima District, , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

Railway stop
Photo: Muyo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Shiroishi, Kishima District, , Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.

School
Photo: Nagasakifan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kohoku.

Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kōhoku is a town located in Kishima District, , . It is known as a crossroads for railways and national highways, and as such has dubbed itself "the navel of Saga".

Shiroishi

Latitude
33.1625° or 33° 9′ 45″ north
Longitude
130.1427° or 130° 8′ 34″ east
Population
23,900
Open location code
8Q5G547V+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3061254812
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q1206958
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shiroishi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيرويشي”
  • Asturian: “Shiroishi”
  • Cebuano: “Shiroishi Chō”
  • Chinese: “白石町”
  • Czech: “Široiši”
  • Dutch: “Shiroishi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيرويشى”
  • French: “Shiroishi”
  • German: “Shiroishi”
  • Hungarian: “Siroisi”
  • Indonesian: “Shiroishi, Saga”
  • Irish: “Shiroishi”
  • Italian: “Shiroishi”
  • Japanese: “Shiroishi-Cho”
  • Japanese: “しろいしちょう”
  • Japanese: “白石町”
  • Japanese: “福治村”
  • Korean: “시로이시정”
  • Malay: “Shiroishi, Saga”
  • Malay: “Shiroishi”
  • Persian: “شیروایشی، ساگا”
  • Persian: “شیروایشی”
  • Polish: “Shiroishi”
  • Portuguese: “Shiroishi”
  • Romanian: “Shiroishi, Saga”
  • Romanian: “Shiroishi”
  • Russian: “Сироиси”
  • Spanish: “Shiroishi”
  • Swedish: “Shiroishi, Saga”
  • Swedish: “Shiroishi”
  • Tagalog: “Shiroishi, Saga”
  • Tagalog: “Shiroishi”
  • Thai: “ชิโรอิชิ”
  • Turkish: “Shiroishi, Saga”
  • Turkish: “Shiroishi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіроїсі”
  • Ukrainian: “Шіроїші”
  • Vietnamese: “Shiroishi, Saga”
  • Vietnamese: “Shiroishi”
  • “Shiroishi-chō”
  • “しろいしちょう”
  • “白石町”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shiroishi”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.