Shōō-chō
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right|thumb|270px| Shōō Town Hall is a town located in Katsuta District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 10,900 in 4713 households and a population density of 83 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Shōō is said to be the place where Kintarō died.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Shōō
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Japan_National_Route_179_-03.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Japan_National_Route_179 in Shōō
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Shoo Okayama.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of Shoo, Okayama.svg
- Settlement.seal_type
- Chapter
- Settlement.image_map1
- Shouou in Okayama Prefecture Ja.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Shōō in Okayama Prefecture
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Japan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- ChūgokuSan'yō
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Okayama
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town of Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Katsuta district
- Population
- 11195
- Area
- 54.05
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Shares border with
- Nagi
- Official website
- www.town.shoo.lg.jp
- Image
- Japan National Route 179 -03.jpg
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- inception
- 1954-03-31
- Commons category
- Shoo, Okayama
- topic's main category
- Category:Shōō, Okayama
- replaced by
- Tsuyama
- name in kana
- しょうおうちょう
- transliteration or transcription
- Shoo-cho
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Neighboring municipalities
- Climate
- Demography
- History
- Government
- Economy
- Education
- Transportation
- Railway
- Highways
- References
- External links
right|thumb|270px| Shōō Town Hall is a town located in Katsuta District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 10,900 in 4713 households and a population density of 83 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Shōō is said to be the place where Kintarō died.
==Geography== Shōō is located in the northeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. Located on the southern side of the Chugoku Mountains, it is mostly hills and forests.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shōō-chō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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