Shinkamigoto新上五島町

Shinkamigoto-cho. The name ends in 町 (cho), the word for town.

Shinkamigoto (新上五島町, Shinkamigoto-cho) is a town in Nagasaki Prefecture. Population 17,503 (2020 census), area 213.99 km².

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Minamimatsura District, Nagasaki 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

新上五島町

Reading

Shinkamigoto-cho

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Minamimatsura District 南松浦郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Nagasaki 長崎県

Region

Kyūshū-Okinawa 九州・沖縄

Population

17,503 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-11.2% from 19,718

Area

213.99 km²

Density

82 people per km²

Households

8,397

Under 15

9.0%

65 and over

42.7%

Foreign residents

45 (0.3%)

Code

42411 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

official.shinkamigoto.net

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

Shinkamigoto shares no land border with another municipality.

Questions about Shinkamigoto

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

Shinkamigoto (新上五島町) is a town (町, cho) in Nagasaki 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 Minamimatsura District (南松浦郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Shinkamigoto?

Shinkamigoto is in Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県), 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 Shinkamigoto?

17,503 at the 2020 census, down 11.2% from 19,718 in 2015. The area is 213.99 km², which is 82 people per km². 8,397 households. 42.7% of residents are 65 or older and 9.0% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Shinkamigoto?

None. Shinkamigoto shares no land border with another municipality. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Shinkamigoto written in Japanese?

新上五島町, read Shinkamigoto-cho. The last character, 町 (cho), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Shinkamigoto begin?

長崎県南松浦郡新上五島町… (Nagasaki-ken, Minamimatsura-gun, Shinkamigoto-cho, …). 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.