Shingu [city] - Shingu

Japanese: 新宮[市] - しんぐう

A city in the southeastern part of Wakayama Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1933. It occupies the right bank of the downstream Kumano River, and is mostly mountainous. The central town on the right bank of the river mouth was established as a town in front of the shrine gates of Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, which was called Shingu in contrast to Kumano Iwasu Jinja Shrine. During the Edo period, it developed as a castle town and port town for Mizuno, a chief retainer of the Kishu Tokugawa clan. It prospered as a timber distribution center for the Kumano region, and today, lumber, pulp, and paper manufacturing industries are thriving. Factories that produce automobile parts and electronic parts are also located in Shingu Port. The Kisei Main Line runs through the city, and it is a tourist base for Yoshino-Kumano National Park. Doro Gorge is located in the north. In 2004, the sacred sites and pilgrimage routes in the Kii Mountain Range were registered on the World Heritage List (Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, Kumano Pilgrimage Routes). In October 2005, Kumanogawa Town in Higashimuro District was incorporated. The area is 255.23 ^{km 2} . 31,498 people (2010).

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Japanese:

和歌山県南東部の市。1933年市制。熊野川下流の右岸を占め，大部分は山地。河口右岸にある中心市街は熊野坐神社に対し新宮と呼ばれた熊野速玉大社の鳥居前町として起こり，江戸時代には紀州徳川藩付家老水野氏の城下町，港町として発展。熊野地方の木材集散地として栄え，現在も製材，パルプ，製紙などの工業が盛ん。新宮港には自動車部品，電子部品などの工場も立地している。紀勢本線が通じ，吉野熊野国立公園の観光基地。北部に瀞(どろ)峡がある。2004年紀伊山地の霊場と参詣道が世界遺産条約の文化遺産リストに登録された（熊野速玉大社，熊野参詣道）。2005年10月東牟婁郡熊野川町を編入。255.23km²。３万1498人（2010）。

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