Shingu新宮町

Shingu-machi. The name ends in 町 (machi), the word for town.

Shingu (新宮町, Shingu-machi) is a town in Fukuoka Prefecture. Population 32,927 (2020 census), area 18.93 km². Borders 3 places.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

新宮町

Reading

Shingu-machi

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Kasuya District 糟屋郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Fukuoka 福岡県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

32,927 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

+8.5% from 30,344

Area

18.93 km²

Density

1,739 people per km²

Households

12,469

Under 15

20.7%

65 and over

18.4%

Foreign residents

442 (1.3%)

Code

40345 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.shingu.fukuoka.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

3 places share a land border with Shingu. Borders across water are not counted.

• Higashi Ward東区(Fukuoka)
• Koga City古賀市
• Hisayama Town久山町

Questions about Shingu

Is Shingu a city, a town, or a village?

Shingu (新宮町) is a town (町, machi) in Fukuoka Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Kasuya District (糟屋郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Shingu?

Shingu is in Fukuoka Prefecture (福岡県), in the Kyūshū-Okinawa region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Shingu?

32,927 at the 2020 census, up 8.5% from 30,344 in 2015. The area is 18.93 km², which is 1,739 people per km². 12,469 households. 18.4% of residents are 65 or older and 20.7% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Shingu?

Three: Higashi Ward (東区) of Fukuoka, Koga City (古賀市), and Hisayama Town (久山町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shingu in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Shingu written in Japanese?

新宮町, read Shingu-machi. The last character, 町 (machi), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Shingu begin?

福岡県糟屋郡新宮町… (Fukuoka-ken, Kasuya-gun, Shingu-machi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.