Shingū, Hyōgo
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This article is about the former town in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. For the Japanese city, see Shingu, Wakayama. For other places in Japan with the same name, see Shingu (disambiguation).
Shingū (新宮町 Shingū-chō?) was a town located in Ibo District, Hyōgo, Japan.
The town of Shingū lies approximately 35 km west of the city of Himeji. The town is comprised of numerous old homes of traditional Japanese design and sits among abundant rice fields. The town is surrounded on three sides by mountains of several hundred feet.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 17,139 and a density of 172.16 persons per km². The total area was 99.55 km².
[edit] Merger
On October 1, 2005, Shingu Town merged into the city of Tatsuno.
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