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Also known as Shingu City, Shingu-shi

city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Key facts

Country
Japan
Region
Kansai
Prefecture
Wakayama
First official recorded
33 BC
City settled
October 1, 1933
Mayor
Katsuyuki Ueda(上田勝之)- from November 2025
Total
255.23 km (98.54 sq mi)
Density
107.71/km (278.97/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+09:00 ( JST )
City hall address
1-1 Kasuga, Shingū-shi, Wakayama-ken 647-8555
Climate
Cfa
Website
Official website
Flower
Crinum asiaticum and Kawasatsuki
Tree
Nageia nagi , Kumano sugi , Tendaiuyaku ( Lindera strychnifolia)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city of Japan
Country
Japan
Population
31498
Area
255.23
Time zone
UTC+09:00
Body of water
Kumano River
Shares border with
Kozagawa
Official website
www.city.shingu.lg.jp
Image
Kamikura-jinja08s1680.jpg
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Commons category
Shingu, Wakayama
topic's main category
Category:Shingū, Wakayama
native label
新宮市
name in kana
しんぐうし
inception
2005-10-01
twinned administrative body
Natori
social media followers
4008
official symbol
Lindera aggregata
located in/on physical feature
Kii Peninsula
historical region
Kumano Region
associated electoral district
Wakayama 2nd district
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Encyclopedic overview

Shingū city hall Shingū city aerial photograph Shingū Castle ruins Shingū Station Shingū (新宮市, Shingū-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [ɕiŋ.ɡɯꜜː(.ɕi), -ŋɯꜜː-]) is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. 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 km. The total area of the city is 255.23 square kilometres (98.54 sq mi). Shingū literally means 'New Shrine' and refers to Hayatama Shrine, one of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano (See). The 'old shrine' would be Kamikura Shrine.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shingu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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