Shibetoro蘂取村

Shibetoro-mura. The name ends in 村 (mura), the word for village.

Shibetoro (蘂取村, Shibetoro-mura) is a village in Hokkaidō Prefecture. Borders 1 place.

This village is listed in Japan's official municipal data but has had no working Japanese administration since 1945. Its island is one of the Northern Territories (北方領土 / hoppō ryōdo), administered by Russia and claimed by Japan. It is drawn here because the boundary file follows the official Japanese list.

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Facts

Japanese name

蘂取村

Reading

Shibetoro-mura

Kind

Village (村): a local government

District (郡)

Shibetoro District 蘂取郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Hokkaidō 北海道

Region

Hokkaidō 北海道

Population

Not counted. No Japanese administration has worked here since 1945.

Code

01700 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Wikipedia

日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

One place shares a land border with Shibetoro. Borders across water are not counted.

• Shana Village紗那村

Questions about Shibetoro

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

Shibetoro (蘂取村) is a village (村, mura) in Hokkaidō Prefecture. A village 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 Shibetoro District (蘂取郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Shibetoro?

Shibetoro is in Hokkaidō Prefecture (北海道), in the Hokkaidō region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Shibetoro?

The 2020 census did not count Shibetoro. No Japanese administration has worked there since 1945.

Which municipalities border Shibetoro?

One: Shana Village (紗那村). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Shibetoro in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Shibetoro written in Japanese?

蘂取村, read Shibetoro-mura. The last character, 村 (mura), is the word for village, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Shibetoro begin?

北海道蘂取郡蘂取村… (Hokkaidō, Shibetoro-gun, Shibetoro-mura, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the village 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.