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
- Population
- 31498
- Area
- 255.23
- Official website
- www.city.shingu.lg.jp
- Image
- Kamikura-jinja08s1680.jpg
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- Commons category
- Shingu, Wakayama
- native label
- 新宮市
- name in kana
- しんぐうし
- inception
- 2005-10-01
- social media followers
- 4008
- P8168
- La Rochelle
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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.
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