Shingō, Okayama
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was a
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located in Atetsu District,
Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,826,059 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefecture ...
,
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. As of 2003, the town had an estimated
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of 2,511 and a
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of 18.41 persons per km2. The total area was 136.37 km2. On March 31, 2005, Shingō, along with the towns of Ōsa, Tessei and Tetta (all from Atetsu District), was merged into the expanded city of Niimi.


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Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture Niimi, Okayama {{Okayama-geo-stub